HC Deb 28 June 1979 vol 969 c277W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were sent to prison in each of the past three years for the nonpayment of fines.

Mr. Brittan

Information on the number of people received into prison in default of payment of a fine is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—table 7.2 of the volume for 1977, Cmnd. 7286.