§ Mr. Haleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the 227W number of persons committed to prison for non-compliance with orders for the payment of money during the most recent 12 months available for computation, in respect of county court orders, magistrates' orders for payment of separation and child allowances and affiliation orders, and for non-payment of fines, respectively.
§ Mr. BrookeThe numbers of persons committed to prison during 1962 for non-compliance with such orders were as follows:
Men Women County Court Orders 6,896 147 Magistrates' Courts Orders in respect of— Wife's maintenance 2,377 — Children's maintenance 529 11 Bastardy arrears 277 — 10,079 158 Non-payment of fines Allowed time to pay 4,873 248 Not allowed time to pay 3,999 643 8,872 891