HC Deb 07 December 1978 vol 959 c720W
Mr. Nelson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of persons received into prisons is sentenced for non-violent offences.

Dr. Summerskill:

In 1977, 83 per cent. of those received under sentence into prison department establishments in England and Wales had been sentenced for offences other than violence against the person, a sexual offence or robbery.