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Life Imprisonment

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 23 December 2024UIN 20328

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 31 October 2024 were sentenced (a) on or prior to 9 November 2000, (b) between 9 Nov

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Information that would enable us to answer these questions robustly is not collated centrally, and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of courts and prison records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.

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