§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the longest period of imprisonment to which a fine defaulter was sentenced in 1984.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 27 March 1986, c. 544]: According to the records helf centrally, the longest period to be served by a prisoner initially received into a prison department establishment in England and Wales in 1984 on committal in default of payment of a fine was 345 days.