HC Deb 16 March 1983 vol 39 cc173-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give, for the longest available period of time, the number of cases where a judge has recommended a minimum sentence, and, of these, the number where the minimum recommended sentence was in fact served.

Mr. Mellor

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 24 February.—[Vol. 37, c. 489–90.] Of such prisoners so far released, two have been detained for at least the minimum period recommended by the trial judge.