§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) age of victim, (b) type of offence, (c) age of complainant and (d) relationship of accused to complainant was for each of the deniers who applied for parole, referred to on page 17 of the latest Parole Board report. [146287]
§ Paul GogginsThe information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the offence categories were for the prisoners who were denied parole on the basis of their continuing denial of guilt in April 2003. [146288]
§ Paul GogginsThere were no prisoners refused parole in April 2003 on the grounds of their continued denial of guilt. It would be unlawful for the Parole Board to refuse parole on the basis of denial of guilt or any factors that may stem from it.
The Prison Service does not maintain a central record of prisoners who deny their guilt. However, since January 2003, the Parole Board has kept a record of all such cases referred for their consideration. Its records show that in April 2003 the following categories of prisoners who denied guilt had a parole review.
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Number Sexual offenders 18 Violent offenders 4 Property offenders 2 Drug offenders 4 Other 1