HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 c616W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were serving a life prison sentence in prisons in England and Wales on 1 January. [148919]

Mr. Boateng

Provisional information for the 31 December 2000 shows that 4,521 men and 160 women were serving a life prison sentence in prisons in England and Wales at that time.