§ Mr. KINGasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any persons are undergoing penal servitude in Ireland for offences committed when under the age of eighteen years; and, if so, what is the number of such persons?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThere are no persons undergoing penal servitude in Ireland for offences committed when under the age of eighteen years.
§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many male and female persons of the ages of sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen years were, upon conviction, received into prisons in England and Wales in 1914?
§ Sir J. SIMONThese figures could not be obtained without more trouble to the prisons staff than would, I think, be justified by the result. The prisons staff has been much reduced in consequence of the War, and any unnecessary clerical labour should be avoided.
§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary for Scotland how many male and female persons of the ages of sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen years were upon conviction received into prisons in Scotland in 1914?
Mr. McKINNON WOODI have obtained a special Return giving the figures desired by my hon. Friend, which are as follows:—
These figures do not include persons received into the Scottish Borstal institutions.1058W
Male. Female. 16 years and under 17 … 147 13 17 years and under 18 … 240 39 18 years and under 19 … 359 85
§ Mr. KINGasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many male and female persons of the ages of sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen years were upon conviction received into prisons in Ireland in 1914?
§ Mr. BIRRELLTwo hundred and eighty-three male and fifty-four female persons between the age of sixteen and nineteen years were received on conviction into Irish prisons in 1914. Of the former, thirty-four were under sentences of detention in a Borstal Institution, and were accordingly transferred to that institution.