§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many men and women respectively were serving custodial sentences for sexual offences in June 1998 and June 1999. [HL836]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe information requested is given in the table. Information on persons serving custodial sentences for sexual offences up to 1998 is published in successive volumes ofPrison statistics England and Wales (tables 1.5, 3.1 and 4.1 of the 1998 edition, column 4430), copies of which are in the Library.
Population in prisons in England and Wales under sentence for sexual offences on 30 June 1998 and 30 June 1999 30 June 1998 30 June 19991 Offence Males Females Males Females All sexual offences 4,779 16 4,838 16 1Provisional figures.
§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many sex offenders are currently serving determinate custodial sentences imposed before 1 October 1992. [HL837]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe latest available information is for 31 December 1999. On that date there were 24 persons in prisons in England and Wales serving sentences for sexual offences who were sentenced before 1 October 1992.