HC Deb 24 January 1995 vol 253 c151W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women who were released on licence were recalled to prison during 1994.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Provisional data for 1994 show that there were 291 men and four women recalled from parole licences under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and under earlier legislation and 20 men and no women recalled from life licences. The latest available data for those recalled under sections 38, 65 and 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and for 1993 when there were 33 men and no women recalled for breach under sections 38 and 65 and 22 men and no women recalled for reoffending under section 40.

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