§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons convicted of(a) murder and (b) manslaughter have been convicted of (i) murder and (ii) manslaughter after release from prison, in each year since 1965.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding reply 22 July 1988]: The total number of suspects convicted of murder or manslaughter who had previously been convicted of murder or manslaughter, including those who commit the second offence before release from prison or hospital, is published annually in table 4.10 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which are available in the Library. The number of persons who have been convicted of a second homicide after release from prison or hospital is given in the following table:
Persons convicted of murder or manslaughter in England and Wales and released on licence or termination of sentence and convicted again of murder or manslaughter. Previous conviction for murder Convicted for manslaughter Convicted for murder man-slaughter murder man-slaughter 1966 — — — 1 1967 — — — — 1968 — — — — 1969 — — — — 1970 — — 1 1 1971 — — — 1 1972 — — — — 1973 — 1 — 1 1974 — — — 2 1975 1 — 1 1 1976 1 1 1 — 1977 — — 2 1 1978 — — 1 — 1979 — 1 1 — 1980 — — — — 1981 1 1 1 1 1982 1 — — 1 1983 1 — 2 1 1984 — — 1 2 1985 1 — — — 1986 1 — 2 — 19871 — — — 1 1 Provisional figures.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were murdered in each year since 1958.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 22 July 1988]: The number of offences decided at court to be murder is published annually in table 4.2 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which are in the Library: the figures for 1958–86 are given in the following table. Each offence relates to a separate victim. The corresponding figures for 1987 are not yet available.
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Offences initially recorded by the police as homicide and later decided by the courts to be murder1 England and Wales Year Murder 1958 26 1959 44 1960 41 1961 38 1962 38 1963 38 1964 47 1965 54 1966 64 1967 66 1968 73 1969 69 1970 91 1971 86 1972 88 1973 81 1974 154 1975 97 1976 102 1977 112 1978 123 1979 160 1980 125 1981 148 1982 160 1983 152 1984 165 1985 168 1986 204 1 As at 1 June 1988.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were found guilty of(a) murder and (b) manslaughter in each year since 1958.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 22 July 1988]: The number of persons convicted of murder and manslaughter is published annually in table S2.1(A) of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables Volume 2", copies of which are in the Library; the figures for 1958–1986 are given in the following table. The corresponding figure for 1987 is not yet available.
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Persons found guilty of murder and manslaughter by year of completion of court proceedings England and Wales Found guilty Year Murder Manslaughter due to diminished responsibility Other manslaughter 1958 30 25 48 1959 42 21 54 1960 42 23 55 1961 51 36 56 1962 31 34 63 1963 46 46 72 1964 44 41 73 1965 57 47 84 1966 72 51 109 1967 63 49 109 1968 74 44 118 1969 75 47 117 1970 97 66 124 1971 97 68 127 1972 79 76 141 1973 90 80 154 1974 112 79 177 1975 107 66 196 1976 104 92 194 1977 115 82 144 1978 105 79 143
Found guilty Year Murder Manslaughter due to diminished responsibility Other manslaughter 1979 136 92 186 1980 169 78 193 1981 126 84 167 1982 184 40 182 1983 132 84 164 1984 156 72 168 1985 173 65 200 1986 179 49 194