§ BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGERasked Her Majesty's Government:
(1) How many persons are at present in prison under life sentence for murder, and how many of these persons have up to date served less than ten years, how many between ten and twenty years, how many between twenty and thirty years and how many thirty or more years of this sentence;
(2) How many persons sentenced to life imprisonment for murder have been released from prison in the past ten years; and how long had each of these persons spent in prison under this sentence before being released.
§ LORD STONHAMThe information is given in the following tables: 529WA
Persons serving sentences of life imprisonment for murder who have been released since 1st January, 1955 Number of completed years served Persons sentenced to life imprisonment for non-capital murder under the Homicide Act 1957 Persons sentenced to death before the Homicide Act 1957 whose sentences were commuted to sentences of imprisonment for life England and Wales Scotland England and Wales Scotland 2 years … … — — 2 — 3 years … … 1 — 1 — 4 years … … 2 — 1 1 5 years … … — — 3 — 6 years … … — — 4 — 7 years … … — — 11 — 8 years … … — — 24 8 9 years … … — — 48 1 10 years … … — — 10 — 11 years … … — — 5 — 14 years … … — — 1 — 15 years … … — — 1 — 20 years … … — — 1 — Total … 3 — 112 10 House adjourned at eight minutes before seven o'clock.
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