§ Mr. GarnierTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners serving life sentences were released on licence in each of the years 1990 to 1995; and what proportion of those prisoners in each year were released beyond the expiry of the tariff recommended by the sentencing court. [24621]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe number of life sentence prisoners released on licence for the first time in each of the years 1990 to 1995 is set out in the following table.
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Year Number 1990 74 1991 71 1992 90
Year Number 1993 126 1994 107 1995 90 Information about the proportion of those released after the expiry of tariff recommended by the sentencing court is not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.