§ Mr. Matesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons sentenced to life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure are currently serving such sentences in Scotland; and how many were serving such sentences (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 30 years ago.
§ Mr. LangAt 31 December 1986, 414 persons were serving sentences of life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure. The corresponding figure for 31 December 1977 was 341. No comparable figures are available for earlier dates.
§ Mr. Matesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average length of sentence served by prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in Scotland.
§ Mr. LangThe time spent in custody by persons released on licence from life sentences is given in appendix D of the report of the Parole Board for Scotland 1985, of which a copy follows: 401W
Years detained in custody Year of release 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 11 to 12 12 lo 13 13 to 14 Over 14 Total 1983 2 3 4 14 11 2 — — 2 38 1984 1 — 1 5 6 1 — — 1 15 1985 1 1 5 4 6 4 1 — 1 23 TOTAL 7 9 45 92 70 25 17 8 11 284 1 Includes HMP cases.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has from the general household survey of the percentage of the population in Scotland reporting chronic and acute sickness by social class or socio-economic group.
§ Mrs. CurrieI have been asked to reply.
By age and socio-economic group—All persons Scotland 1985 Socio-economic group1 Age 0–15 16–44 45–64 65 and over Total (a) Percentage who reported long-standing illness Professional 8 12 (3) (4) 13 Employers and Managers 11 15 31 38 21 Intermediate and junior non-manual 9 15 42 43 24 Skilled manual and own account non-professional 16 21 49 58 29 Semi-skilled manual and personal service 9 20 44 57 31 Unskilled manual (2) 25 32 (26) 36 All persons 12 18 41 55 27 (b) Percentage who reported limiting long-standing illness Professional 4 3 (1) (3) 5 Employers and Managers 2 4 18 31 11 Intermediate and junior non-manual 5 5 28 32 14 Skilled manual and own account non-professional 7 9 33 45 18 Semi-skilled manual and personal service 1 12 34 41 21 Unskilled manual (2) 18 23 (24) 31 All persons 5 8 28 43 16 (c) Percentage who reported restricted activity Professional 17 17 (3) (nil) 16 Employers and Managers 20 15 8 14 14 Intermediate and junior non-manual 9 10 11 13 11 Skilled manual and own account non-professional 13 8 12 14 11 Semi-skilled manual and personal service 9 6 17 17 11 Unskilled manual (nil) 18 8 (6) 12 All persons 12 10 12 14 12 Base = 100 per cent. Professional 53 69 22 5 149 Employer and Managers 81 138 89 42 350 Intermediate and junior non-manual 79 235 105 68 487 Skilled manual and own account non-professional 209 312 179 73 773 Semi-skilled manual and personal service 78 190 116 86 470 Unskilled manual 27 55 40 31 153 All persons 547 1,070 568 320 2,505 1 Married women whose husbands were in the household are classified according to their husband's occupation; children under 16 are classified according to their father's occupation. Members of the Armed Forces, persons in inadequately described occupations and all persons who have never worked are not shown as separate categories but are included in the figures for all persons. ( ) Indicates the actual numbers not percentages where the base is too small for the calculation of percentages.