asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will state the extent to which the offences for which they were fined of those persons who in 1970, 1971 and 1972 were committed to prison in default of payment of fines for up to one month, and who served more than 80 per cent. of their sentences, were indictable or non-indictable ; and whether he will give among those fined for non-indictable offences the proportion convicted of each of the offences listed in the Prison Statistics Table D.3 ;(2) whether he will state, for persons who in 1972 were imprisoned in default of payment of fines for drunkenness, how many men and how many women were given time to pay ; and how many of those given and not given time to pay served more than 80 per cent. of their sentences.
| PERSONS (MALE AND FEMALE) COMMITTED TO PRISON FOR DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINES | ||||||
| Proportion of Sentence Served | ||||||
| Length of Sentence (the words "up to" mean "up to and including")* | Number of persons discharged† | Over 10 per cent. | Over 50 per cent. per cent. Percentage | Over 80 per cent. of Discharges | Over 95 per cent | |
| 1970 | ||||||
| Up to 1 month | … | 6,116 | 90 | 71 | 60 | 43 |
| Over 1 up to 2 months | … | 1,909 | 77 | 58 | 10 | 5 |
| Over 2 up to 3 months | … | 755 | 77 | 53 | 1 | 1 |
| Over 3 up to 6 months | … | 195 | 72 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| Over 6 months | … | 28 | 71 | 46 | — | — |
| 1971 | ||||||
| Up to 1 month | … | 6,441 | 88 | 70 | 60 | 42 |
| Over 1 up to 2 months | … | 2,331 | 77 | 60 | 11 | 4 |
| Over 2 up to 3 months | … | 997 | 76 | 56 | 2 | 1 |
| Over 3 up to 6 months | … | 289 | 71 | 51 | 3 | 1 |
| Over 6 months | … | 52 | 56 | 40 | — | — |
| 1972 | ||||||
| Up to 1 month | … | 6,456 | 85 | 67 | 56 | 39 |
| Over 1 up to 2 months | … | 2,471 | 72 | 53 | 8 | 3 |
| Over 2 up to 3 months | … | 1,099 | 71 | 49 | 2 | 1 |
| Over 3 up to 6 months | … | 303 | 70 | 47 | 3 | 1 |
| Over 6 months | … | 29 | 66 | 48 | — | — |
| * The periods shown relate to the length of sentence to be served at the time of committal to prison for default. | ||||||
| †The figures show the number of persons discharged from custody in the years concerned and are based on the latest available data. They exclude persons who were not released within the stated period of imprisonment because they were the subject of further charges or sentences of imprisonment. | ||||||