To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons sentenced to life imprisonment have been released on licence in each month of 1990; and how many years each such person had actually served in prison since conviction.
Sixty-six prisoners serving life sentences were released on licence during 1990. Eight other prisoners, detained at the Secretary of State's pleasure, were released on licence in the same period.The number of years served by these prisoners (including time spent on remand and awaiting trial) at the time of their release on licence is as follows:
| Hectares | |
| Durham | 60·6 |
| East Sussex | 42·7 |
| Essex | 57·5 |
| Gloucestershire | 46·8 |
| Greater London | 24·8 |
| Greater Manchester | 21·3 |
| Hampshire | 60·1 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 36·5 |
| Hertfordshire | 64·8 |
| Humberside | 68·8 |
| Isle of Wight | 44·1 |
| Isles of Scilly | 8·3 |
| Kent | 46·1 |
| Lancashire | 30·6 |
| Leicestershire | 58·3 |
| Lincolnshire | 69·3 |
| Merseyside | 34·3 |
| North Yorkshire | 63·1 |
| Norfolk | 62·5 |
| Northamptonshire | 81·0 |
| Northumberland | 144·8 |
| Nottinghamshire | 62·0 |
| Oxfordshire | 83·2 |
| Shropshire | 45·5 |
| Somerset | 35·5 |
| South Yorkshire | 44·6 |
| Staffordshire | 33·3 |
| Suffolk | 67·5 |
| Surrey | 30·5 |
| Tyne and Wear | 49·7 |
| Warwickshire | 52·5 |
| West Midlands | 24·6 |
| West Sussex | 48·3 |
| West Yorkshire | 22·9 |
| Wiltshire | 70·1 |
| Scotland | 158·8 |
| Borders | 222·1 |
| Central | 174·0 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 144·2 |
| Fife | 90·8 |
| Grampian | 96·6 |
| Highland | 339·4 |
| Lothian | 105·6 |
| Orkney | 53·9 |
| Shetland | 55·2 |
Hectares
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| Strathclyde | 148·4 |
| Tayside | 208·4 |
| Western Isles | 28·6 |
Wales
| 41·4 |
| Clywd | 36·2 |
| Dyfed | 34·3 |
| Gwent | 32·6 |
| Gwynedd | 48·4 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 45·5 |
| Powys | 57·6 |
| South Glamorgan | 43·3 |
| West Glamorgan | 34·8 |
Northern Ireland
| 25·4 |
| Antrim | 28·6 |
| Armagh | 17·8 |
| Down | 22·0 |
| Fermanagh | 26·5 |
| Londonderry | 29·9 |
| Tyrone | 27·0 |
1 Including minor holdings in England and Wales excluding minor holdings in Scotland and Northern Ireland. | |
Note:
Minor holdings in England and Wales are those satisfying ALL these conditions:
1. total area less than 6 ha;
2. no regular whole-time farmer or worker on the holding;
3. annual labour requirement less than 100 standard man-days (smd) where 1 smd =8 hours productive work by an adult worker under average conditions;
4. glasshouse area less than 100 sq m;
5. occupier does not farm another holding.