HC Deb 25 January 1977 vol 924 c520W
Mr. Charles Irving

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men and women were sent to prison in the years 1972 to 1976 for fraud of any kind.

Mr. John

The information is as follows:

PERSONS SENTENCED TO IMMEDIATE IMPRISONMENT FOR OFFENCES OF FRAUD
England and Wales
Males Females
1972 1,480 68
1973 1,360 69
1974 1,320 73
1975 1,445 84

The information for 1976 is not yet available.

The above figures do not include those imprisoned for forgery offences.

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