§ Mr. LUTTRELLasked the Home Secretary if he will state the number of prisoners in local and convict prisons, respectively, who, in the twelve months ended 31st March, 1909, underwent corporal punishment; and if he will state with regard to each case the nature and extent of the punishment, the age of the prisoner, the main circumstances of the violence or mutiny, whether the prisoner had been previously in prison or penal servitude, and;, if so, how often; and, with respect to the cases in convict prisons, the division and class of the convict at the time of his offence?
§ Mr. GLADSTONEInformation as to corporal punishments inflicted in prison will be found in Appendix No. 7 of the Annual Report of the Prison Commissioners. Their Report for 1908–9 will, I hope, be published very shortly. I am afraid that I cannot undertake to furnish all the details of each individual case which my hon. Friend asks for, having regard to the amount of labour and time which would be involved in their collection.