§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been sentenced to imprisonment for murder by courts in England and Wales during the last 12 months. [2527]
§ Mr. Keith Bradley12 women were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in England and Wales in 1999, the latest year for which figures are available. In addition,
Number of women sentenced to imprisonment, by offence type, England and Wales 1999 Indictable offences Sentenced to a young offender institution Sentenced to an unsuspended sentence of imprisonment Total sentenced to immediate custody Violence against the person Murder of infant under one year of age — 1 1 Child destruction — 1 1 Cruelty to, or neglect of children 3 42 45 Child abduction 1 1 2 Sexual offences Indecent assault on male person under 16 years — 4 4 Attempted rape of a male aged under 161 1 — 1 Indecent assault on a female under 16 1 5 6 Other indictable offences Take or make indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs, of children — 1 1 Total 6 55 61 1 Rape and attempted rape offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, section 1, as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 142