§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders convicted of offences including(a) sex and (b) violence were sentenced to periods of imprisonment of over four years in the last year for which figures are available. [18847]
§ Mr. MichaelFor England and Wales in 1996 (latest available), of the 4,426 offenders convicted of indictable sexual offences, 635 were sentenced to periods of immediate custody of over four years, of whom 17 recorded life sentences.
Similarly, for the indictable offence group of violence against the person, 30,011 offenders were convicted, of whom 944 were sentenced to periods of imprisonment of over four years, including 267 life sentences.