asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons sentenced to life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure are currently serving such sentences in Scotland; and how many were serving such sentences (a) 10, (b) 20 and (c) 30 years ago.
At 31 December 1986, 414 persons were serving sentences of life imprisonment or detention during Her Majesty's pleasure. The corresponding figure for 31 December 1977 was 341. No comparable figures are available for earlier dates.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average length of sentence served by prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in Scotland.
The time spent in custody by persons released on licence from life sentences is given in appendix D of the report of the Parole Board for Scotland 1985, of which a copy follows:
Years detained in custody | ||||||||||
Year of release | 6 to 7 | 7 to 8 | 8 to 9 | 9 to 10 | 10 to 11 | 11 to 12 | 12 lo 13 | 13 to 14 | Over 14 | Total |
1983 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 38 |
1984 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 15 |
1985 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 23 |
TOTAL | 7 | 9 | 45 | 92 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 284 |
1 Includes HMP cases. |
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has from the general household survey of the percentage of the population in Scotland reporting chronic and acute sickness by social class or socio-economic group.
I have been asked to reply.
By age and socio-economic group—All persons | |||||
Scotland 1985 | |||||
Socio-economic group1 | Age | ||||
0–15 | 16–44 | 45–64 | 65 and over | Total | |
(a) Percentage who reported long-standing illness | |||||
Professional | 8 | 12 | (3) | (4) | 13 |
Employers and Managers | 11 | 15 | 31 | 38 | 21 |
Intermediate and junior non-manual | 9 | 15 | 42 | 43 | 24 |
Skilled manual and own account non-professional | 16 | 21 | 49 | 58 | 29 |
Semi-skilled manual and personal service | 9 | 20 | 44 | 57 | 31 |
Unskilled manual | (2) | 25 | 32 | (26) | 36 |
All persons | 12 | 18 | 41 | 55 | 27 |
(b) Percentage who reported limiting long-standing illness | |||||
Professional | 4 | 3 | (1) | (3) | 5 |
Employers and Managers | 2 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 11 |
Intermediate and junior non-manual | 5 | 5 | 28 | 32 | 14 |
Skilled manual and own account non-professional | 7 | 9 | 33 | 45 | 18 |
Semi-skilled manual and personal service | 1 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 21 |
Unskilled manual | (2) | 18 | 23 | (24) | 31 |
All persons | 5 | 8 | 28 | 43 | 16 |
(c) Percentage who reported restricted activity | |||||
Professional | 17 | 17 | (3) | (nil) | 16 |
Employers and Managers | 20 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
Intermediate and junior non-manual | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
Skilled manual and own account non-professional | 13 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
Semi-skilled manual and personal service | 9 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
Unskilled manual | (nil) | 18 | 8 | (6) | 12 |
All persons | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Base = 100 per cent. | |||||
Professional | 53 | 69 | 22 | 5 | 149 |
Employer and Managers | 81 | 138 | 89 | 42 | 350 |
Intermediate and junior non-manual | 79 | 235 | 105 | 68 | 487 |
Skilled manual and own account non-professional | 209 | 312 | 179 | 73 | 773 |
Semi-skilled manual and personal service | 78 | 190 | 116 | 86 | 470 |
Unskilled manual | 27 | 55 | 40 | 31 | 153 |
All persons | 547 | 1,070 | 568 | 320 | 2,505 |
1 Married women whose husbands were in the household are classified according to their husband's occupation; children under 16 are classified according to their father's occupation. Members of the Armed Forces, persons in inadequately described occupations and all persons who have never worked are not shown as separate categories but are included in the figures for all persons. | |||||
( ) Indicates the actual numbers not percentages where the base is too small for the calculation of percentages. |