§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a) female fine defaulters and (b) male fine defaulters were received into prisons in England and Wales in 1993;
(2) what percentage of receptions into prisons in England and Wales in 1993 were fine defaulters.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 20 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Questions asking how many (a) female fine defaulters and (b) male fine defaulters were received into prisons in England and Wales in 1993 and what percentage of receptions into prisons in England and Wales in 1993 were fine defaulters.Provisional information for 1993 shows that 21,280 males and 1,340 females were received into Prison Service establishments for fine default accounting for 30 per cent. of all persons received under sentence.