§ Mr. Deedesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons sentenced to imprisonment for life and released on licence have been recalled during the periods 1945 to 1957 and 1957 to 1965, respectively; and for how long in each of those periods such persons were detained.
§ Sir F. SoskiceDuring the years 1945 to 1956 inclusive three persons on licence58W from a sentence of life imprisonment were recalled to prison. Two were again released on licence, after being detained for four months and twelve months respectively. The third is still in prison having been detained for over ten years since his recall.
No such person was recalled during 1957, and the corresponding number for the period since then is five. One of these was again released on licence after being detained for thirteen months; two are still in prison having been detained for seven months and ten months since recall; one has been twice recalled and is still in prison after an aggregate of four and a half years' detention since being first recalled; and the fifth died in prison eight months after being recalled.