HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc936-7W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many life sentence prisoners have been released on parole during each of the last 48 months. [168020]

Paul Goggins

The requested information is shown in the table.

Releases on life licence April 2000-March 2004
Month Year Number of releases
April 12000 8
May 2000 13
June 2000 19
July 2000 13
August 2000 4
September 2000 7
October 2000 8
November 2000 6
December 2000 4
January 2001 16
February 2001 14
March 2001 13
April 2001 25
May 2001 12
June 2001 14
July 2001 11
August 2001 17
September 2001 9
October 2001 18
November 2001 15
December 2001 10
January 2002 10
February 2002 13
March 2002 10
April 2002 12
May 2002 17
June 2002 12
July 2002 22
August 2002 26
September 2002 14
October 2002 26
November 2002 14
December 2002 18
January 2003 18
February 2003 28

Releases on life licence April 2000-March 2004
Month Year Number of releases
March 2003 29
April 2003 18
May 2003 30
June 2003 22
July 2003 38
August 2003 32
September 2003 22
October 2003 40
November 2003 15
December 2003 30
January 2004 15
February 2004 31
March 2004 38
1Information for April 2000-March:'001 relates to first time release cases only. Subsequent data also include cases where prisoners have been re-released following recall from life licence.