HC Deb 04 May 1916 vol 82 cc134-5W
Mr. KING

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will give the dietaries in use for persons subject to the Naval Discipline Act who are sentenced by court-martial to imprisonment or to imprisonment with hard labour?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The dietaries are those, of the particular penal establishment in which the men undergo their sentences. There are no special dietaries for court-martial prisoners as such. Details of the dietaries in force in Bodmin Naval Prison are set forth in Volume IX. of the Statutory Rules and Orders (No. 339 of 1900), pages 65–69. Prisoners not sentenced to hard labour would be placed on No. 4 diet therein.

Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what are the dietaries in use for persons subject to miiltary law who are sentenced by court-martial to imprisonment or to imprisonment with hard labour?

Mr. TENNANT

The information required will be found in the "Rules for Military Detention Barracks and Military Prisons."

Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will state what number of hours have on the average elapsed between the confirmation of a sentence of death passed by a court-martial held outside the United Kingdom on a person subject to military law, other than a spy, and the execution of the sentence?

Mr. TENNANT

This information is not available, and I do not think it is necessary to obtain it specially.