§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases, where local review committees recommended against release on parole, prisoners were refused parole, without reference to the Parole Board, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. HurdThe number of prisoners who were refused parole without reference to the Parole Board where the local review committee had considered them unsuitable for release was as follows:
Number 1978 3,258 1979 3,234 1980 3,066 1981 2,646 1982 2,525