§ Lord Boyd-Carpenterasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many convicted persons sentenced to imprisonment for life were released from custody in the last 10 years; and how many persons so sentenced died in prison in the same period.
Earl FerrersThe latest readily available information is given in the table.
Life sentence prisoners first released on licence or otherwise discharged from or who died in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales, l978–87(1)(2) Year First released on licence Other discharges(3) Died 1978 77 35 9 1979 71 29 7 1980 49 38 6 1981 77 38 7 1982 101 40 6 1983 102 35 4 1984 66 41 5 1985 61 45 4 1986 43 52 4 1987 48 52 7 (1) Excluding persons discharged on a second or subsequent occasion having been recalled following the first release on licence. (2) Including persons detained under Section 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and those serving custody for life. (3) Successful appeals and transfers to psychiatric hospitals or other non-Prison Service establishments or outside England and Wales.