§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the amounts given to funding research into alternatives to the use of animals in scientific procedures for each year since 1984.
§ Mrs. RumboldI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 28 November 1990 to the question from the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. Davies) at columns416–17.
In addition to the projects listed in that reply, a further project was funded in 1990–91—Dr. P. D. Minor, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control "Development of in vitro testing of polio vaccines" (£10,600 over one year).
Sex offenders released on licence from Prison Service Establishments 1990 Month Over 12 up to 18 months Over 18 months up to 3 years Over 3 up to 4 years Sentence length Over 4 up to 5 years Over 5 up to 10 years Over 10 years less than life Life Total January 10 44 23 10 9 — — 96 February 13 42 12 8 11 1 — 87 March 15 33 15 16 9 — — 88 April 9 35 17 10 16 — — 87 May 12 34 22 12 19 — — 99 June 11 27 11 4 15 — — 68 July 12 26 16 7 14 — — 75 August 16 37 16 16 15 — — 100 September 3 38 14 10 12 — — 77 October 16 22 17 11 18 — 1 85 November 7 31 10 7 12 — — 67 December 9 21 13 8 9 1 — 61 1990 133 390 186 119 159 2 1 990