§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners serving life sentences for (a) murder of police or prison officers, (b) murders by shooting in the furtherance of theft, (c) sexual or sadistic murders of children and (d) terrorist murders, were considered for release on licence between January to June 1983 and 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. MellorThe information is as follows:
1983 1984 (a) Nil Nil (b) Nil Nil (c) 8 3 (d) Nil Nil
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners serving life sentences for (a) murder of police or prison officers, (b) murders by shooting in the furtherance of theft, (c) sexual or sadistic murders of children and (d) terrorist murders, were granted release on licence between January to June 1983 and 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. MellorThe information is as follows:
1983 1984 (a) Nil Nil (b) 1 Nil (c) Nil Nil (d) Nil Nil Because of the need for life sentence prisoners to spend a period on the pre-release employment scheme and 195W possibly also at an open prison before release, their cases will normally have been considered by the Parole Board at least 12 months before their release dates.