§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the number of people convicted of offences for which the fines and the imprisonment terms are being increased in the Social Security Bill now before the House; if he will give the figures for the most recent convenient period, specifying whether people received a fine or imprisonment, and the numbers of people who received the maximum fine or sentence.
§ Mr. RossiIn 1979 some 20,000 people were convicted of offences for which the fines and imprisonment terms are being increased in the Social Security Bill now before the House. Of these, 630 received prison sentences, 1,241 received suspended sentences and 14,558 were fined.
Records of the numbers of people who received the maximum fine or sentence are not readily available.