HC Deb 23 July 1969 vol 787 c401W
Sir Richard Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been executed for murder since 1939; and how many have been executed for offences other than murder in the same period.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

In England and Wales since 1st January, 1939, 259 persons have been executed for murder, and 17 for other offences.