§ Sir Nicholas FairbairnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted in England and Wales of homicide since the abolition of the death penalty for murder.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of persons convicted in England and Wales of homicide is published annually in table S2.1(A) of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables Volume 2", copies of which are in the Library; the figures for 1966–86 are given in the following table. The corresponding figure for 1987 is not yet available. The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 came into operation on 9 November 1965.
Persons convicted of homicide1 in England and Wales Year Convicted 1966 254 1967 238 1968 260 1969 254 1970 301 1971 307 1972 312 1973 339 1974 381 1975 377 1976 396 1977 344 1978 334 1979 422 1980 447 1981 388 1982 459 1983 389 1984 403 1985 441 1986 431 1 Homicide comprises murder, manslaughter and infanticide.
§ Sir Nicholas FairbairnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons convicted of homicide in England and Wales and released on licence or termination of sentence have been convicted of homicide again since the abolition of the death penalty for murder.
§ Mr. John PattenThirty-eight persons convicted of homicide in England and Wales and released on licence or termination of sentence have been convicted again of homicide since the abolition of the death penalty for murder. Of those, 15 committed their first offence of homicide before abolition.
Figures for 1966–87 are shown in the following table:
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Persons convicted of homicide1 in England and Wales and released on licence or termination of sentence and convicted of homicide1 again Year of second offence Number of persons 1966 1 1967 — 1968 — 1969 — 1970 2 1971 1 1972 — 1973 2 1974 2 1975 3 1976 3 1977 3
Year of second offence Number of persons 1978 1 1979 2 1980 — 1981 4 1982 2 1983 4 1984 3 1985 1 1986 3 21987 1 1 Homicide comprises murder, manslaughter and infanticide. 2 Provisional.