HC Deb 03 February 1987 vol 109 cc563-4W
Mr. Amess

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each year of the past five years, how many people were serving life sentences in Her Majesty's prisons.

Mr. Mellor

The information requested is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (table 1.4 of the latest issue for 1985, Cmnd. 9903). Information for 1986 is not yet available.