§ Mrs. Tateasked the Home Secretary whether any persons suffered imprisonment for non-payment of fines imposed under the Betting Acts between the years 1930 and 1935, inclusive; and how many of these persons had been guilty of no other criminal offence?
§ Sir S. HoareThe number of persons received into prison for non-payment of fines imposed under the various enactments relating to betting, gaming and lotteries was as follows:
1930 … … … 242 1931 … … … 212 1932 … … … 224 1933 … … … 223 1934 … … … 183 1935 … … … 199 I cannot say how many of these fines were imposed under the Betting Acts, nor is any information available as to the previous records of the persons concerned.