§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons in England and Wales sentenced to life imprisonment have been released on licence in each month of 1990 and 1991 to date; how many years each such person had actually served in prison since conviction; and how many such persons released have since been re-imprisoned for committing a further criminal offence.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe numbers of life sentenced prisoners released in each month of 1990 and the time they served is given in the following table. Data for 1991 are not yet available.
The only readily available information on reconvictions of life licensees is published annually in a Home Office statistical bulletin. A copy of the latest report (issue 27/90 —Reconvictions and Recalls of Life Licensees and Mentally Disordered Offenders: England and Wales 1988) is held in the Library.
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Persons released from Prison Service establishments on life licence by time served1 and month of discharge 1990 Number of persons Month Up to 7 years Over 7 up to 9 years Over 9 up to 11 years Over 11 up to 13 years Over 13 up to 17 years Over 17 years All periods January — 1 2 2 1 3 9 February — 1 3 2 1 1 8 March — — 3 1 2 — 6 April — 1 3 — 2 2 8 May — 1 3 — — — 4 June — 1 2 — 1 4 8 July — — 2 1 2 1 6 August 1 — — 2 3 — 6 September — — 3 2 1 1 7 October — — 3 — 1 2 6 November — — — 1 3 2 6 December — 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 Excluding any time spent on remand in custody, in non-Prison Service establishments or following any subsequent recall.