§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons in 1968, 1969 and 1970, respectively, were remanded in custody awaiting trial in England and Wales; how many of these were given no custodial sentence; and how many were ultimately acquitted.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe numbers of untried prisoners received into custody in England and Wales were 40,503 in 1968 and 44,267 in 1969; of these, 1,977 in 1968 and 2,079 in 1969 were found not guilty or discharged without formal recording of a conviction. Of those422W found guilty in 1969, 22,233 were not given a custodial sentence; a corresponding figure for 1968 could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. The figures for 1970 are not yet available.