HC Deb 29 November 1945 vol 416 c1746W
Mr. Garry Allighan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the numbers of servicemen serving sentences for service offences in each of His Majesty's prisons, respectively.

Mr. Ede

The following table shows the number of members of His Majesty's Forces who on the 20th November were serving in civil prisons, sentences imposed by courts martial:

Prison. United Kingdom Forces. Dominion Forces.
Birmingham 4
Bristol 16
Brixton 4
Camp Hill 86 14
Cardiff 9
Chelmsford 15
Dartmoor 204 124
Dorchester 22
Durham 19
Exeter 64 1
Feltham 25
Gloucester 5
Leeds 18
Leicester 3
Lewes 33
Lincoln 8
Liverpool 19
Maidstone 121
Manchester 33
Norwich 8
Oxford 4
Parkhurst 39 3
Shrewsbury 1
Stafford 22
Swansea 3
Wakefiold 113
Wandsworth 17
Winchester 127 18
Wormwood Scrubs 115
Totals 1,150 160

It would not be possible without a special investigation to give precise figures for those found guilty of service offences, but they form the majority of the figures given above.