§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons sentenced to life imprisonment have been released on licence in each month of 1990; and how many years each such person had actually served in prison since conviction.
§ Dr. MawhinneySixty-six prisoners serving life sentences were released on licence during 1990. Eight other prisoners, detained at the Secretary of State's pleasure, were released on licence in the same period.
The number of years served by these prisoners (including time spent on remand and awaiting trial) at the time of their release on licence is as follows:
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Hectares Durham 60.6 East Sussex 42.7 Essex 57.5 Gloucestershire 46.8 Greater London 24.8 Greater Manchester 21.3 Hampshire 60.1 Hereford and Worcester 36.5 Hertfordshire 64.8 Humberside 68.8 Isle of Wight 44.1 Isles of Scilly 8.3 Kent 46.1 Lancashire 30.6 Leicestershire 58.3 Lincolnshire 69.3 Merseyside 34.3 North Yorkshire 63.1 Norfolk 62.5 Northamptonshire 81.0 Northumberland 144.8 Nottinghamshire 62.0 Oxfordshire 83.2 Shropshire 45.5 Somerset 35.5 South Yorkshire 44.6 Staffordshire 33.3 Suffolk 67.5 Surrey 30.5 Tyne and Wear 49.7 Warwickshire 52.5 West Midlands 24.6 West Sussex 48.3 West Yorkshire 22.9 Wiltshire 70.1 Scotland 158.8 Borders 222.1 Central 174.0 Dumfries & Galloway 144.2 Fife 90.8 Grampian 96.6 Highland 339.4 Lothian 105.6 Orkney 53.9 Shetland 55.2
Hectares Strathclyde 148.4 Tayside 208.4 Western Isles 28.6 Wales 41.4 Clywd 36.2 Dyfed 34.3 Gwent 32.6 Gwynedd 48.4 Mid Glamorgan 45.5 Powys 57.6 South Glamorgan 43.3 West Glamorgan 34.8 Northern Ireland 25.4 Antrim 28.6 Armagh 17.8 Down 22.0 Fermanagh 26.5 Londonderry 29.9 Tyrone 27.0 1 Including minor holdings in England and Wales excluding minor holdings in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Note:
Minor holdings in England and Wales are those satisfying ALL these conditions:
1. total area less than 6 ha;
2. no regular whole-time farmer or worker on the holding;
3. annual labour requirement less than 100 standard man-days (smd) where 1 smd =8 hours productive work by an adult worker under average conditions;
4. glasshouse area less than 100 sq m;
5. occupier does not farm another holding.