§ Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1989 307W the number of cases in which the royal prerogative of mercy was exercised to grant (a) a free pardon, (b) a remission of imprisonment, (c) remission of youth custody and detention in a young offender's institution, (d) remission of detention and (e) remission of fine on grounds affecting the original conviction, in cases other than those involving road traffic offences.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe numbers of free pardons is given in the following table:
Exercises of the royal prerogative of mercy to grant a free pardon on grounds affecting the original conviction (excluding cases involving convictions for road traffic offences) 1989 to 1994 Year Free pardons 1989 15 1990 17 1991 14 1992 4 1993 5 1994 3 The royal prerogative of mercy has not been used in the other categories—which go to a person's sentence—on grounds affecting the original conviction.
§ Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1988 the number of cases in which the royal prerogative of mercy was exercised to grant(a) free pardons, including those relating to road traffic offences, (b) pardons granted on grounds affecting the original conviction, (c) pardons granted for other reasons and (d) pardons relating to traffic offences.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe information requested is given in the following table:
Exercises of the royal prerogative of mercy to grant pardons—1988 to 1994 Year (a) Free pardons (all cases) (b) Pardons on grounds affecting original conviction (c) Pardons for other reasons (ie excluding(b)) (d) Pardons relating to traffic offences 1988 39 39 — 26 1989 50 50 — 35 1990 47 47 — 30 1991 37 37 — 23 1992 19 19 — 15 1993 22 22 1 17 1994 12 12 — 9