§ Mr. TebbitTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will update his reply to the hon. Member for Beverley (Mr. Cran) of 13 July 1989,Official Report, column 638 concerning the numbers of people who have died at the hands of previously convicted killers.
§ Mr. Waddington[holding answer 19 November 1990]: Information on the number of suspects convicted of homicide who had previous homicide convictions is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 4.9 and 4.10 of the latest issue, for 1989, Cm. 1322—copies of which are in the Library.
During the period 1963 to 1989, a total of 59 persons in England and Wales are killed by persons previously convicted of homicide.