§ Mr. ReesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (i) life sentence prisoners and (ii) determinate sentence prisoners have been in prison for over 10 years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest readily available information is given in the table.
Population1 of prisoners in prison service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1988 whose initial reception under sentence was 10 years or more earlier2 Type of sentence Number of prisoners All Recalled3 Life sentence 665 85 Determinate sentence 29 5 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate; detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Includes time spent on licence by prisoners recalled after having been released on licence. 3 Prisoners who had been recalled after having been released on licence.