§ Mr. Brightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases, as a proportion of the total, the provisions of section 35 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 orders have been made against persons convicted of offences to pay compensation for personal injuries, loss or damages arising from the offences concerned or offences taken into account when determining sentence.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information available relates to compensation ordered for the principal offence involved and is published annually from 1976 in " Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—table 6.25 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670.