§ Mr. RAWLINSONasked how many criminals have been sentenced to terms of penal detention under the Prevention of Crime Act, 1908; and how many of such criminals have been released upon the advice of the Home Secretary or otherwise?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLSentences of preventive detention have, up to date, been passed on 229 convicts. In one case the convict has been released on licence; another case has been noted for future release of the convict on licence before he begins his sentence of preventive detention; and in two other cases the sentence of preventive detention has been remitted, leaving the convicts to serve only their terms of penal servitude.