§ 87. Mr. Sydney Silvermanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for murder there were in the United Kingdom in each of the years 1955, 1956, and 1957;how many convictions there were for non-capital murder for each of the years 23W from 1958 to the latest year for which figures are available; and how many convictions for capital murder there were in each of those years, stating for each year how many executions took place.
§ Sir F. SoskiceThe following is the Answer:
(a) PERSONS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Year Number of persons convicted Murder 1955 … … … 30 1956 … … … 32 1957 … … … 40* Non-capital murder Capital murder (the number of persons executed†is shown in brackets) 1958 … … 21 9(5) 1959 … … 36 6(5) 1960 … … 33 9(5) 1961 … … 42 9(5) 1962 … … 27 4(3) 1963 … … 42 4(2) * Includes 13 persons convicted of murder (before the Homicide Act), 6 persons convicted of capital murder and 21 persons convicted of non-capital murder. † Some of these persons were executed in the year following that in which they were convicted. (b) PERSONS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN SCOTLAND
Year Number of persons convicted Murder 1955 … … … 1 1956 … … … 1 1957 … … … 2* Non-capital murder Capital murder (the number of persons executed is shown in brackets) 1958 … … 4 2(1) 1959 … … 3 1(-) 1960 … … 3 2(1) 1961 … … 3 1(-) 1962 … … 6 1(-) 1963 … … — 2(1) * Both were convictions for non-capital murder after the Homicide Act came into force.
§ Mr. Curranasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men and women, respectively, are now serving sentences for murder.
§ Sir F. SoskiceOn 8th December, 1964, 296 males and 10 females were serving sentences for murder in prisons in England and Wales.