§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long each of the 22 prisoners given a total of £46,276 in ex gratia payments had been in custody; and how this had been allowed to happen.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe periods spent in custody were as follows:
Less than 3 months 7cases From 3 to 6 months 3cases From 6 to 12 months 7cases From 12 to 18 months 3cases Over 3 years 1cases Over 5 years 1cases The wrongful convictions were due to a variety of causes of which the most common were mistaken identification and false evidence.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long each of the four prisoners given a total ex gratia payment of £1,457 had been detained in excess of jurisdiction; and how they came to be so detained.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe periods of excessive detention were respectively two years and two months; eight months; 105 days; and 19 days. In each case there had been a mistake by the court when passing sentence.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of wrongful arrest and wrongful imprisonment have been substantiated in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe available information cannot be classified in these terms. The annual totals of acquittals at trial, successful appeals against conviction, and free pardons are included in the published Criminal Statistics.