§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) men and (b) women have been convicted for murder each year since the abolition of capital punishment;
Male Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Scotland since 1 January 19661 Number of years served by prisoners before release on life licence Year of conviction Number of prisoners convicted Less than 7 Years 7 Years+ 8 Years+ 9 Years+ 10 Years+ 11 Years+ 12 Years+ 13 Years+ 14 Years+ 15 Years+ 16 Years+ 17 Years+ 18 Years+ 19 Years+ 20 Years+ 21 Years+ 22 Years+ 23 Years+ Number of prisoners still in custody 1966 19 — — 3 8 4 2 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — 0 1967 23 — 1 5 5 4 1 2 2 1 2 — — — — — — — — 0 1968 24 — 2 — 3 5 5 5 2 — — 1 — — — — — — 1 0 1969 20 — — 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 — — — — — — — — — 0 1970 22 — — 1 6 6 2 2 — — — — — — — — — 1 — 4 1971 37 — — 4 7 17 4 — — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — — — 2 1972 32 — 1 1 14 7 4 — 2 — — — — — — 2 — — — 1 1973 31 — — 1 10 7 3 2 1 — 3 — — 1 — — — — — 3 1974 29 — — 2 7 7 3 2 1 — 2 1 — 1 — — — — — 3 1975 36 — 1 2 6 11 3 1 2 2 1 1 — — — — — — — 6 1976 35 — 1 5 5 5 3 2 6 1 — 1 — — — — — — — 6 1977 46 2 1 3 2 5 5 6 2 4 3 2 — — — — — — — 11 1978 28 1 1 1 2 2 6 5 1 3 3 — — — — — — — — 3 1979 29 1 — — — 6 4 5 1 1 — — — — — — — — — 11 1980 24 — — — 2 6 6 3 1 — — — — — — — — — — 6 1981 27 — — — 4 3 4 3 — — — — — — — — — — — 13 1982 39 — — — 2 3 7 — — — — — — — — — — — — 27 1983 35 — — — 2 6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 27 1984 36 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 34 1985 25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 25 1986 27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 27 1987 27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 27 1988 38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 38 1989 27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 27 1990 22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 22 1991 22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 22 1992 41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 41 1993 35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 35 1 Excludes prisoners who died in custody or were transferred out of the scottish prison service, e.g.to England, While still serving their sentence. Source:Departmental records.
Female Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in Scotland since 1 January 19661 Number of years served by prisoners before release on life lincence Year of convication Number of prisoners convicted Less than 7 years 7 Years+ 8 Years+ 9 Years+ 10 Years+ 11 Years+ 12 Years+ 13 Years+ 14 Years+ 15 Years+ 16 Years+ 17 Years+ 18 Years+ 19 Years+ 20 Years+ 21 Years+ 22 Years+ 23 Years+ Number of prisoners still in custody 1966 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1967 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1968 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1969 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1970 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1971 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1972 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1973 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1974 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1975 2 — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1976 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1977 1 — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1978 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1979 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1980 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1981 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1982 3 — — — — 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1983 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1984 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1985 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1986 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1987 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1988 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1989 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1990 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1991 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1992 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1993 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 Excludes prisoners who died in custody or were transferred out of the Scottish Prison Service, e.g.to England, Whild still serving their sentence. Source: Departmental records.
80Wif he will present in tabular form the number of years each of these persons served before being released, classifying it by the year of conviction; and if he will indicate those (i) men and (ii) women who are still imprisoned by year of conviction.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the tables.
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§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the average amount of time spent in prison by(a) males and (b) females who were sentenced to imprisonment for murder and have since been released during the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 1 December 1993]: The information is set out in the table.
Source: Departmental records.
Year of release Male Female 1984 10 years 4 months 10 years1 1985 10 years 6 months — 1986 10 years 6 months — 1987 11 years 9 years 7 months2 1988 10 years 5 months — 1989 12 years 4 months — 1990 11 years 10 months 12 years1 1991 13 years 6 months — 1992 12 years 6 months 10 years1 1993 11 years 2 months 11 years1 11 prisoner. 22 prisoners.