HC Deb 01 March 1988 vol 128 c491W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the numbers of persons imprisoned for non-payment of fines in the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (table 7.3 of the latest issue, Cm. 210, for 1986), a copy of which is in the Library. Information for 1987 will be published later in the year.