HC Deb 13 September 1909 vol 10 c1908W
Mr. LUTTRELL

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will say how many persons were committed to prison in default of payment of fines, costs, or damages, in the month of July of this year, in London, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, and Birmingham, respectively; and in how many of these cases time had been allowed for payment longer than the interval between the passing of the sentence and the rising of the court?

Mr. GLADSTONE

The information at my disposal does not show whether time for payment was or was not given to the several prisoners, but the following statement which I have had prepared will be of interest to my hon. Friend:—

Statement showing the number of prisoners committed to the following prisons during July last in default of payment of fines, costs, or damages, together with the number of such prisoners who were admitted to prison on the same day that the sentence was passed:

Prison (a) Number of receptions during July,1909, in default of payment of fines, coasts or damages. (b) Number of prisoners shown in column (a) who were received into prison the same day that sentence was passed.
Birmingham 333 293
Bristol 52 30
Leeds 358 276
Liverpool 919 732
Manchester 834 754
Metropolitan Prisons
Brixton 5 3
Holloway 698 686
Pentonville 713 592
Wandsworth 477 428
Wormwood Scrubbs 135 134