§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give for the longest and most convenient stated period of time (a) the number of persons arrested and charged wih rape, (b) of this number, how many had previous convictions, (c) how many of those charged were allowed and refused bail and in how many cases bail was allowed against police advice, (d) how many of these were found guilty and sentenced on completion of their trials, (e) how many completed fully 297W or in part their imposed sentence and (f) how many who were released prematurely or on completion of their sentences were subsequently arrested for a similar offence.
§ Mr. MayhewThe number of persons proceeded against in magistrates' courts in England and Wales for offences of rape — including aiding and abetting and attempts—and the number found guilty in all courts is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" — supplementary tables S1.1(A) and S2.1(A). The other information requested is either not collected centrally or could be provided only at disproportionate cost.