HC Deb 14 July 1971 vol 821 c123W
Mr. Jeffrey Archer

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether murderers released on licence are obliged to disclose to the Home Office any change of name they may make by deed poll ; and what degree of supervision is imposed on them.

Mr. Carlisle

The standard conditions at present imposed on a prisoner released from a sentence of life imprisonment in England and Wales are as follows :

  1. 1. He shall place himself under the supervision of a probation officer nominated for this purpose from time to time.
  2. 2. He shall on release report to the probation officer so nominated, and shall keep in touch with that officer in accordance with that officer's instruction.
  3. 3. He shall inform his probation officer at once if he changes his address or loses his job.

After satisfactory completion of a suitable period on licence, the supervision conditions are ordinarily cancelled, but the liability to recall to prison remains for life.

Special additional conditions are on occasion included after consultation with the Parole Board, but it has not so far been the practice to include a condition requiring the disclosure of any change of name by deed poll.