§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were charged and convicted in the United Kingdom of the offence of perjury in the last year; and what was the longest sentence of imprisonment awarded.
§ Mr. Roy Jenkins214 persons were convicted in 1965 in England and Wales of the offence classified in the Criminal Statistics as perjury, which included false statements, declarations and representations. Nine persons were convicted in Scotland of the offence classified as perjury and subornation. The statistics, while not giving the length of individual sentences, show that the longest sentence of imprisonment imposed was in the range between two and three years.