§ Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many officers and ratings are now serving sentences both at home and abroad.
Mr. DugdaleThree officers and 460 ratings approximately are undergoing sentences of imprisonment or detention in the United Kingdom. These numbers include officers and ratings sentenced to imprisonment by both naval and civil courts and ratings sentenced to imprisonment or detention by naval courts or summarily by commanding officers. I regret that figures for abroad are not yet available but I will communicate them to the noble Member as soon as possible.