§ Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridgeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many life sentence prisoners have had their early release date cancelled during 1983.
§ Lord EltonLife sentence prisoners are given provisional dates for their release, and in all cases release is dependent upon their continued good behaviour, upon suitable arrangements being made for their resettlement and, in most cases, upon the satisfactory completion of periods in open conditions and/or on the pre-release employment scheme. So far during 1983, 19 life sentence prisoners have had their provisional release dates cancelled as a result of failure to observe these conditions. In addition, a further 18 life sentence prisoners have had their provisional release dates deferred.