§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of(a) men and (b) women serving a life prison sentence in prisons in England and Wales on 1 November. [100444]
§ Mr. BoatengThe latest available provisional information is for 31 October 1999. On that date, there were 4,175 male and 149 female life sentence prisoners in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales.