§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the answer or 5 November, he is now in a position to say how many persons have been convicted of homicide in the period since 1965 who had previously been convicted and sentenced for homicide; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenSince 1965, 49 people originally convicted of homicide have been subsequently reconvicted of homicide. Thirty-six of them, 11 of whom were murderers released on life licence, committed the subsequent offence after release from prison in England and Wales. Of the remaining 13, seven committed the subsequent offence while in prison or mental hospital; one while on bail for the first offence; and five had been originally convicted outside England and Wales.