§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of men and women at present serving a life sentence in Her Majesty's prisons.
§ Mr. BrittanOn 30 November 1979, 1,417 males and 47 females in prison department establishments in England and Wales were serving sentences of life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure under section 53 (1) or detained for life under section 53 (2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. In addition there were 33 males and one female in prison department establishments on that date whose licence had been revoked after release from such a sentence.