§ 31. Mr. Patonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminals have been sentenced to preventive detention in each of the last five years; and what has been the average period to which they have been so sentenced during each of these years.
§ Mr. DeedesThe numbers of persons received into prison during the years 1951 to 1955 after sentence of preventive detention (excluding those whose sentences were subsequently varied, on appeal, to sentences of imprisonment or otherwise) were:
Year Men Women Total 1951 199 8 207 1952 220 6 226 1953 230 4 234 1954 261 8 269 1955 189 8 197 The average lengths of the sentence of these persons were:
Year Average Length of Sentences Men Women 1951 7.7 years 7.0 years 1952 7.8 years 7.7 years 1953 8.1 years 7.7 years 1954 8.3 years 8.5 years 1955 8.0 years 7.5 years
§ 37. Mr. Patonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases in each of the last five years have criminals been sentenced to the maximum period of preventive detention.
§ Mr. DeedesOne in 1951, one in 1953, three in 1954 and two in 1955. In three cases the sentence was reduced on appeal.