§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the last 10 years the number of offences committed by prisoners during their release on parole.
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§ Mr. JohnInformation is not available in the form requested. Listed below is information relating to parolees recalled in each year where the commission of further offences was the primary reason or subsequently came to light. The parole scheme became operative on 1st April 1968 and comparable figures are not available for that year.
Year Number of prisoners granted parole Revocations of licences where the commission of further offences was the primary reason Number of cases in which further offences disclosed after recall for other breaches of licence conditions 1969 … 1,835 37 12 1970 … 2,201 61 24 1971 … 2,956 110 24 1972 … 2,915 107 27 1973 … 3,328 109 29 1974 … 3,502 119 29 1975 … 4,029 114 37 1976 … 4,590* 163 40* * Estimated.