To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers have had their tariff set after sentencing since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. (111144)

[holding answer 25 January 2007]: I have been asked to reply.

No statistical data is kept in relation to the number of convicted murderers who have had their tariff set after sentencing since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers who have been sentenced are waiting for their tariff to be set by a High Court judge. (111145)

[holding answer 25 January 2007]: I have been asked to reply.

The position as at 23 January 2007 is that there are 313 cases waiting to have their tariff set by a High Court judge.