§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons are serving life imprisonment for offences of rape; and how this compared with figures for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. HurdThe information requested is given in the following table:474W
Persons* in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 31 December serving life sentences for rape. Type of custody 1978–83 Type of custody Detention under s.53(2) C&YP Act 1933 Imprisonment‡ Total 1978 1 52 53 1979 1 59 60 1980 2 60 62 1981 2 65 67 1982 1 76 77 1983† 1 ‡80 81 * Including persons recalled following a release on licence. † Provisional figures. ‡ Including in 1983 those serving custody for life.