§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, (1) for the latest year for which figures are available, what was the percentage of persons successfully completing a period of parole licence without breach or conviction for a further offence; (2) how many of those prisoners, granted parole in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, were subsequently recalled to prison.
§ Mr. John MacKayInformation is not available in the form requested. Persons who were reported for breach of parole or life licence conditions and persons issued with a recall order were not necessarily released on parole or life licence in the same year.
Figures for the number of persons released on parole or life licence reported for breaches of licence conditions and issued with recall orders are given in the annual reports of the Parole Board for Scotland (copies of which are available in the Library). The relevant figures for 1982, 1983 and 1984 are as follows:
1982 1983 1984 Number of persons released on parole licence or on life licence 290 378 260 Number of cases of breach of parole or life licence conditions or reported to the Parole Board for Scotland 84 55 57 Number of recall orders issued to persons previously released on parole or life licence 27 28 35 Note: Figures for 1985 are not yet available.