§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last five years, the numbers of first offenders appealing against their conviction; and if he will subdivide these data according to (a)the average length of time prisoners waited for their appeal to be heard and (b)whether the prisoners were on legal aid.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.