§ 61. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parole cases have been considered by the respective Prison Committee; in how many cases the man in question has been released on parole; and what are the relevant criteria on which the decision as to whether or not a man is released on parole is based.
§ Mr. CallaghanThe main criteria are the public safety; the nature of the offender's crime; his criminal record; his general social history, including domestic circumstances and work record; and his response in prison.
Following are the details:
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1 2 3 4 Eligible Declined consideration by local review committee Considered by local review committee Parole approved after referene to Parole Board Leicester … … 30 6 24 — Lewes … … 102 4 98 3 Leyhill* … … 194 1 193 70 Lincoln … … 15 — 15 — Liverpool … … 183 7 176 6 Maidstone … … 183 11 172 9 Manchester … … 121 11 110 2 Moor Court*† … … 1 — 1 — Northallerton … … 68 1 67 8 Norwich … … 18 4 14 — Nottingham … … 94 18 76 — Oxford … … 13 1 12 1 Parkhurst … … 278 31 247 1 Pentonville … … 60 16 44 5 Preston … … 6 5 1 1 Shepton Mallet … … 45 4 41 2 Shrewsbury … … 23 4 19 — Spring Hill* … … 4 — 4 3 Stafford … … 141 12 129 26 Styal… … … 19 3 16 — Sudbury* … … 80 — 80 19 Swansea … … 31 2 29 1 Thorp Arch* … … 6 — 6 — Verne … … 115 24 91 14 Wakefield … … 272 23 249 26 Wandsworth … … 211 29 182 3 Winchester … … 22 3 19 1 Wormwood Scrubs … … 216 12 204 20 Total … … 4,764 417 4,347 375 NOTES:
(i) Some prisoners who were transferred after their cases were considered were released from a different prison from that in which they are counted in column 4.
(ii) * denotes an open prison and … a prison for women. All other prisons are closed prisons for men.
(iii) Column 4 includes some decisions taken after 1st April on cases which had been deferred.