§ Baroness Faithfullasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of (a) all sentenced prison receptions and (b) receptions of prisoners sentenced to six months or less were fine defaulters in 1993 and 1994 respectively.
§ Baroness BlatchResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Baroness Faithfull from the Director of Finance, HM Prison Service, Mr. Brian Landers, dated 19 June 1995:
Lady Blatch has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking what proportion of (a) all sentenced prison receptions and (b) receptions of prisoners sentenced to six months or less were fine defaulters in 1993 and 1994 respectively.
The information requested is given in the table.
Fine defaulters as a percentage of all sentenced receptions and receptions of persons sentenced to less than 6 months, 1993 and 19941 1993 1994 Percentage of all sentenced receptions 30.7 per cent. 27.2 per cent. Percentage of receptions sentenced up to six months 48.3 per cent. 41.5 per cent. 1 Provisional figures.
§ Baroness Faithfullasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many male and how many female fine defaulters were received into prison in 1993 and 1994 respectively and, of these, how many had originally been convicted of (a) motoring offences, (b) theft and 4WA handling, (c) drunkenness, and (d) non-payment of television licences.
§ Baroness BlatchResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Baroness Faithfull from the Director of Finance, HM Prison Service, Mr. Brian Landers, dated 19 June 1995:
Lady Blatch has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many male and how many female fine defaulters were received into prison in 1993 and 1994 respectively and, of these, how many had originally been convicted of (a) motoring offences, (b) theft and handling, (c) drunkenness, and (d) non-payment of television licences.
Provisional information for 1993 and 1994 is given in the table.
Receptions of fine defaulters into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales, 1993 and 1994 Offence 19931 19941 Males Females Males Females Theft and handling 3,802 265 2,341 186 Drunkenness 633 24 329 10 Motoring Offences 8,141 202 6,432 198 Using a TV without a licence 547 278 503 260 Not Recorded 82 16 2,775 125 All Receptions 21,097 1,306 21,303 1,420 1 Provisional figures. The 1994 figures for types of offence are affected by a larger "not recorded" component.