§ Mr. CHARLES WHITEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 1222W ment (1) if he will state the number of convicted male and female prisoners, respectively, undergoing penal servitude in the convict prisons in England on the first Sunday in March in the years 1907, 1913, and 1919; (2) if he will state the number of male and female convicts, respectively, in preventive detention in England on the first Sunday in March in the year 1919; (3) if he will state the number of convicted male and female prisoners, respectively, in custody in local prisons in England on the first Sunday in March in the years 1907, 1913, and 1919?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe following statement shows the number of male and female prisoners in custody in England and Wales on the dates shown. There are no statistics available for the dates named in the questions, or which distinguish between convicted and unconvicted prisoners in custody in local prisons:—
Males Females Undergoing penal servitude— 31st March, 1907 2,914 124 31st March, 1913 2,681 85 1st April, 1919 1,361 90 In preventive detention— 31st March, 1913 127 4 1st April, 1919 92 2 In local prisons (convicted and unconvicted)— 31st March, 1907 17,294 2,632 31st March, 1913 12,328 2,198 1st April, 1919 5,568 1,145
§ Mr. CHARLES WHITEasked the Secretary for Scotland if he will state the number of male and female convicts, respectively, in preventive detention in Scotland on the first Sunday in March in the year 1919?
§ Mr. MUNROThe numbers under preventive detention on the date stated were twenty-two males and no females.