§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prostitutes were imprisoned for non-payment of fines or sureties in connection with soliciting and loitering offences since the introduction of section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
§ Mr. HurdThe information requested is not yet available. Numbers of receptions into custody of fine defaulters in the calendar year 1983 will be included in the issue of "Prison Statistics" to be published later in the year.