§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons convicted of murder and culpable homicide, respectively, have, after being released from prison, been subsequently charged with murder or culpable homicide, and been convicted of murder or culpable homicide for each year from 1950 to date.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:One person was convicted of murder in 1970 who had previously been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Two persons were convicted of murder in the years 1972 and 1978, who had previously been released from prison, after serving sentences for culpable homicide.
Information is not available on persons charged with murder or culpable homicide.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average length of time served in prison by persons convicted of murder and culpable homicide, respectively, giving figures for each year separately from 1950 to date.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:The number of releases and average length of time served in penal establishments by persons convicted of murder is as follows:
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AVERAGE TIME SERVED BY YEAR OF RELEASE—SCOTLAND, 1950–78 Year of release Number of releases Average time served 1950 0 — 1951 0 —
years months 1952 2 3 10 1953 6 8 2 1954 2 6 8 1955 1 4 6 1956 1 8 9 1957 1 10 9 1958 2 6 6 1959 5 8 7 1960 0 — — 1961 0 — — 1962 1 8 4 1963 0 — — 1964 2 9 5 1965 0 — — 1966 2 8 2 1967 0 — — 1968 4 9 5 1969 1 8 5 1970 4 10 4 1971 3 8 11 1972 3 9 6 1973 6 10 10 1974 10 9 10 1975 15 9 0 1976 17 9 4 1977 10 10 5 1978* 13 10 4 *As at 30th November. Figures are not available for persons convicted of culpable homicide.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people were charged with murder and culpable homicide, respectively, for each year from 1950 to 1979; and how many were convicted of murder and culpable homicide, respectively, for each of the years during the same period.
§ Mr. Harry Ewing:I refer the hon.Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Taylor) on 22nd May 1978.—[Vol. 950,c. 449–50.]