§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convicted murderers, in the last five years, had previous criminal records, or murdered in the course of committing another crime, excluding motoring
Year of Conviction Number with previous convictions (excluding motoring offences) Number without previous convictions (excluding motoring offences) Total Number who committed murder in the committing another offence Number who committed murder not in the course of committing another offence Total Number who committed murder in the committing another offence Number who committed murder not in the course of committing another offence Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 1960 … 10 16 26 2 14 16 42 1961 … 10 17 27 4 20 24 51 1962 … 7 14 21 2 8 10 31 1963 … 6 22 28 5 13 18 46 1964* … 5 21 26 5 12 17 43 Total … 38 90 128 18 67 85 213 * The figures for 1964 are provisional.