§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of offences against the person involving the use of firearms were known to the police in the three years 1954 to 1956, inclusive; in how many of these cases members of the police force were involved; and if he will give the corresponding figures for the three years to the latest convenient date.
§ Sir F. SoskiceI regret that this information is not available for England and Wales as a whole, nor, in the Metropolitan Police District, for the years 1954–56. For the years 1962 to November 1964, the numbers of indictable offences against the person known to the police in the Metropolitan Police District in which firearms were used were as follows; the figures in brackets denote the number of cases in which a police officer was the victim of the offence:— 1962, 58 (11); 1963, 61 (4); 1964, 69 (4).
§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of offences against the per-
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RELEASE OF LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Year Number of prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment* for life who were released on licence Number of completed years served 1 yr 2 yrs 3 yrs 4 yrs 5 yrs 6 yrs 7 yrs 8 yrs 9 yrs 10 yrs 11 yrs 14 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs 1949 4 — — — — 1 2 — 1 — — — — — — 1950 5 — — — 1 — — — — 2 1 — — 1 — 1951 5 — 1 1 — — — — 2 1 — — — — — 1952 9 — 2 — 1 1 — 1 2 1 1 — — — — 1953 2 — — — 1 — — — — 1 — — — — — 1954 11 1 — — — 1 — — 3 5 — — — 1 — 1955 10 — — — — — — 1 5 3 1 — — — — 1956 13 — — — — — 2 1 1 7 2 — — — — 1957 16 — 2 1 — — 1 1 3 7 — — — — 1 1958 17 1 — — — 3 — 2 — 6 5 — — — — 1959 12 — — — — — — 2 1 5 — 4 — — — 1960 9 1 1 — 1 — — 1 3 — 1 1 — — — 1961 17 — — 1 1 — 1 3 2 9 — — — — — 1962 5 — — — — — — — 2 2 — — 1 — — 1963 6 — — — 1 — — — 3 2 — — — — — 1964 (to 11.12.64) 16 — — 1 — 1 — 1 4 7 1 — — 1 — TOTAL 157 3 6 4 6 7 6 13 32 58 12 5 1 3 1 *Penal servitude until 17th April, 1949, when penal servitude was abolished. son involving violence were known to the police in the three years 1954 to 1956; and if he will give comparable figures for the three years to the latest convenient date.
§ Sir F. SoskiceThe information is given in the following table.
Year Number of indictable offences of violence against the person known to the police in England and Wales 1954 … … 7,506 1955 … … 7,884 1956 … … 9,307 1961 … … 17,601 1962 … … 17,948 1963 … … 20,083