§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for each of the last available five years, in what percentage of the murders committed the victims were members of the murderer's own household or family.
§ Miss Alice BaconThe proportions of victims who were related to the murderers (including persons found guilty of manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility) were 56.7 per cent. in 1959, 53.8 per cent. in 1960, 55.0 per cent. in 1961, 62.6 per cent. in 1962 and 53.2 per cent. in 1963.
§ Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the percentage of cases of murder where the victim was other than a member of the murderer's household or family, in each of the last available five years, where the murderer was found either to be insane or to have diminished responsibility.
§ Miss Alice BaconIn those cases of murder, or of manslaughter under Section 2 of the Homicide Act, 1957, in which the victim was unrelated to the offender the proportions of victims killed by persons found to he insane or suffering from diminished responsibility were 35.4 per cent. in 1959, 28.8 per cent. In 227W 1960, 28.4 per cent. in 1961, 29.7 per cent. in 1962, and 41.3 per cent. in 1963.