§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many discretionary life sentence prisoners have been given knockbacks by the parole board beyond their judicial tariff.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information is not maintained in the form requested, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many discretionary life sentence prisoners have been released by the tariff date set by the judiciary.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydNone of the discretionary life sentence prisoners whose tariffs have been set on the advice of the judiciary following the Handscomb judgment in March 1987 has yet been released.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many discretionary life sentence prisoners have been considered by parole boards since the Handscomb judgment.
§ Mr. Peter LloydSince the divisional court judgmeni in the Handscomb case on 2 March 1987, the Parole Board has considered 368 cases of discretionary life sentence prisoners.