To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a prisoner's continued denial of his or her guilt is a factor taken into account in deciding whether or not to accept a recommendation by the Parole Board to grant parole.
When my right hon. Friend considers Parole Board recommendations to release prisoners, his principal concern is the risk involved. Denial of guilt per se does not dictate the outcome of the decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recommendations of the Parole Board in each year since 1986 were (a)accepted, and (b)rejected in England and Wales.
The information requested is given in the table.
| Recommendations1for the release of prisoners on parole or licence by the Parole Board: by the outcome of recommendation 1986–90 | ||
| Accepted | Rejected | |
| 1986 | 3,651 | 29 |
| 1987 | 3,636 | 35 |
| 1988 | 3,811 | 29 |
| 1989 | 4,688 | 45 |
| 1990 | 3,282 | 77 |
| 1 Excluding release on licence of prisoners detained for a period other than life under section 53(2) Children and Young Persons Act 1933. | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parole decisions were referred by the Parole Board to him in each year since 1986 in England and Wales.
The information requested is given in the table. Under the provisions of section 60(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 only recommendations for release on parole are referred to the Secretary of State by the Parole Board.
Recommendations for the release of determinate sentence prisoners on parole by the Parole Board: 1986–1990
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Recommended for parole by the Parole Board
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| 1986 | 3,560 |
| 1987 | 3,524 |
| 1988 | 3,749 |
| 1989 | 4,614 |
| 1990 | 3,221 |
Notifiable offences recorded by the police
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Metropolitan Police District (including City of London)
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12 months ending
| Total
| Violent crime
| Burglary
| Homicide 1
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| September 1981 | 625,646 | 29,256 | 142,682 | 173 |
| September 1982 | 675,501 | 31,436 | 154,206 | 184 |
| September 1983 | 677,548 | 33,187 | 154,100 | 161 |
| September 1984 | 703,686 | 34,640 | 166,212 | 181 |
| September 1985 | 738,574 | 38,003 | 158,238 | 170 |
| September 1986 | 774,898 | 41,432 | 158,173 | 186 |
| September 1987 | 746,658 | 42,780 | 150,664 | 210 |
| September 1988 | 739,437 | 48,658 | 147,596 | 164 |
| September 1989 | 745,354 | 53,042 | 145,143 | 172 |
| September 1990 | 812,285 | 57,421 | 166,863 | 182 |
| September 1991 | 916,648 | 64,644 | 188,999 | 181 |
England and Wales
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| September 1981 | 2,895,403 | 138,228 | 700,714 | 606 |
| September 1982 | 3,174,843 | 147,088 | 774,109 | 614 |
| September 1983 | 3,252,585 | 153,250 | 810,582 | 553 |
| September 1984 | 3,418,609 | 156,554 | 868,561 | 623 |
| September 1985 | 3,587,206 | 166,856 | 874,380 | 615 |
| September 1986 | 3,793,368 | 177,691 | 915,582 | 637 |
| September 1987 | 3,891,364 | 192,451 | 914,078 | 682 |
| September 1988 | 3,788,107 | 212,267 | 841,127 | 651 |
| September 1989 | 3,778,544 | 236,411 | 804,402 | 654 |
| September 1990 | 4,326,357 | 245,582 | 944,996 | 643 |
| September 1991 | 5,135,595 | 261,409 | 1,169,713 | 690 |
1 Includes murder, manslaughter and infanticide. | ||||