HC Deb 25 March 1988 vol 130 cc229-30W
Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide the numbers of cases of people who have received custodial sentences for nonpayment of fines in the last five years.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and this information for Wales as a whole for each local authority area for the years ended 31 March 1985, 1986 and 1987 or the three most recent years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ian Grist

The latest available information is given in the table which shows the number of admissions and children in care where the reason recorded for admission into care was homelessness:

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.