HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 c291W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many life sentence prisoners released on licence in the period 1990–95 were subsequently recalled. [32151]

Miss Widdecombe

Provisional data show that there were 578 life sentence prisoners released on licence between 1990 and 1995 inclusive, of whom 37 had their licence revoked and were subsequently returned to prison.