§ Mr. Deedesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been drawn to an error in one of the figures contained in Appendix D to the Report on Corporal Punishment recently submitted by his Advisory Council on the Treatment of Offenders; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. R. A. Butler:Yes. The number of persons found guilty in 1959 of robbery or assault with intent to rob was 1,031, and not 886 as shown in the Report.