Life Imprisonment

Mr. Garnier
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners serving whole life tariffs are held in each Category A prison.

Mr. Hanson
The break-down for prisoners on whole life tariffs in high security prisons is as follows:

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|High security prison                                                                                         |Number of prisoners|
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|Belmarsh                                                                                                     |0                  |
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|Frankland                                                                                                    |8                  |
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|Full Sutton                                                                                                  |5                  |
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|Long Lartin                                                                                                  |1Fewer than 5      |
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|Manchester                                                                                                   |0                  |
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|Wakefield                                                                                                    |11                 |
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|Whitemoor                                                                                                    |1Fewer than 5      |
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|Woodhill                                                                                                     |0                  |
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|1 We have withheld exact numbers because to provide the information at this level could identify individuals.|                   |
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