Mr. Wellsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners: both male and female, were on 1st 21W June 1974 serving sentences of life imprisonment in England and Wales, including sentences of detention during Her Majesty's pleasure or for life, under Section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933; how many of these were classified Category A; and how many of these Category A prisoners had been so categorised for five years or more.
§ Dr. Summerskill1,013; 143; 44.