§ Mr. Curranasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men, and how many women, are now in prison serving sentences which were imposed before 1st January, 1955; how many of them have been continuously in prison since that date; and what sentences they are serving.
§ Sir F. SoskiceOn 25th June, six men and one woman were serving sentences in prisons in England and Wales which were imposed before 1st January, 1955. Of these, five men had been in prison continuously since that date, and one man and one woman had been released on licence and subsequently recalled. All 77W were serving sentences of life imprisonment. I much regret that the information which I gave in reply to the hon. Member's Question on 14th December omitted the case of the one woman mentioned above.