§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were committed to prison for non-payment of fines imposed by the criminal courts for each of the last five years; and what was the average length of the sentence which they served.
§ Miss BaconThe information is given in the following table:
Year Number of committals to prison for non-payment of fines Average sentence served (days) 1959 … … 6,438 25 1960 … … 6,868 31 1961 … … 7,811 26 1962 … … 9,763 23 1963 … … 10,368 26 Figures for 1964 are not yet available.
164Woffences; and how many murders were attributable to other causes.
§ Sir F. SoskiceThe total number of persons convicted of murder in the years 1960 to 1964 was 213; of these, 146 had previous convictions other than for motoring offences or appear to have committed murder in the course of committing another offence. Figures for each year are as follows: