§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 3 June 1998,Official Report, columns 281–82, on women prisoners, what percentage of female prisoners in each year were incarcerated for non-payment of fines. [49206]
§ Mr. McLeishThe information provided in the table relates to all sentenced female receptions, both direct and fine default, to the Scottish prison system by type of sentence. The table also provides details of the percentage of female prisoners in each year who were incarcerated for fine default.
Total number of sentenced female receptions to Scottish prison system, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1996–97 and 1997–98 by type of sentence Year Total number of sentenced female receptions1 Total number of fine default female receptions Fine default female receptions as a percentage of total sentenced female receptions 1978–79 731 381 52 1979–80 656 292 45 1986–87 1,220 698 57 1987–88 1,216 623 51 1996–97 1,325 722 54 1997–98 1,141 575 50 1Excludes borstal sentences; of which there were 38 in 1978–79 and 36 in 1979–80