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1149922

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders on licence after fixed-term recall (a) re-offended and (b) breached their licence conditions and were recalled for a fixed term again in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The only lawful basis for recalling an offender on licence to custody is by way of response to a breach of one or more licence conditions. In some cases, the breach of licence conditions will be associated with some alleged further offending. Whilst information about offenders who receive a further fixed term recall is held, to produce the proportion of those who had received more than one fixed term recall could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision.</p><p>Where offenders are eligible for a fixed-term recall, they may be recalled to prison on a standard recall, which is the only type of recall available for those offenders ineligible for a fixed-term recall (such as those on a life licence). Where they receive a standard recall, they are liable to serve the rest of their sentence in prison.</p><p>The decision to recall is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff.</p><p>From the data available, I can report that the following number of offenders were recalled multiple times in each year, on a fixed-term recall, on the same sentence. In each decision in every case, the probation officer will have established that the offender was eligible for a fixed-term recall and will have judged, based on the available evidence, that a fixed-term recall was the necessary and proportionate response to the breach of licence condition(s).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2362</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>**The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/10/2019 16:12:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1149923

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of recalls to prison resulted in (a) fixed-term recall and (b) standard recall in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>For the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 there were 2522 fixed term recalls (41%) and 3646 standard recalls (59%).</p><p> </p><p>Where offenders are eligible for a fixed-term recall, their probation officer may decide that a fixed-term recall is the proportionate and necessary response to a breach of licence conditions. If not, they will be recalled to prison on a standard recall, which is the only type of recall available as a response for offenders ineligible for a fixed-term recall. Where offenders are recalled on a standard recall, they are liable to serve the rest of their sentence in prison.</p><p>The decision to recall is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/10/2019 16:21:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1149988

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 20 June 2019 to Question 267275 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, how many events were classed as formal breaches requiring further action.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Electronic monitoring, both of curfews and using satellite enabled tags to monitor an individual’s whereabouts, is a vital tool in protecting the public and robustly monitoring offenders in the community. It supports probation staff and the police in managing offenders and defendants safely in the community, delivering the orders of the court and helping to tackle the problems which lead to offending. Data that identifies the number of non-compliance events that lead to breach action is not held centrally and could only be identified at a disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1149991

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 03 October 2019 to Question 292174 on Re-offenders: Homicide, how many offenders under statutory supervision have been charged with serious further offences, broken down by offence, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of offenders under the statutory supervision of the NPS and CRCs who were charged with a serious further offence, broken down by offence in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SFO offence</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Arson with intent to endanger life</em></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault by penetration</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attempt or conspiracy to commit murder</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Aggravated Burglary</em></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing death by dangerous/careless driving/aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>False imprisonment</em></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Firearms offences including possession with intent</em></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Kidnapping</em></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offences under the Explosive Substances Act</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other offences against the person</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other qualifying sexual offences</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other serious violent offence</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other specified offence causing death</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Robbery with firearm</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 13 sexual offences including rape</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Data Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording systems, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</li><li>The NPS and CRCs are required to complete reviews on any eligible offender who has been charged with (including attempted or conspiracy to commit offences): murder manslaughter, other specified offences causing death, rape or assault by penetration, or a sexual offence against a child under 13 years of age.</li><li>Data provided for offences should in italics are “conditional” reviews completed by the NPS only when an offender has been assessed as high risk of harm during the current sentence.</li><li>Not all SFO notifications result in the completion of a reviews as charges can be reduced or dropped. Not every offender charged with a SFO is convicted.</li><li>The data represents SFO charges and not a unique count of offenders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>You have also asked for what reason the figures on the number of offenders convicted of murder, who at the time they committed the offence were being supervised on a life licence between 2016 and 2018 are different from the figures for offenders released from a life sentence for murder who went on to commit another murder while on life licence in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in PQ 267272 relate to the number of offenders being supervised on life licence, not restricted to those on life licence for a mandatory life sentence for the offence of murder, charged in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 and subsequently convicted of murder.</p><p> </p><p>The corresponding figures stated in PQ 292174 are lower because they refer to the number of offenders released in 2016, 2017 and 2018 on life licence following a conviction for murder who have since been convicted of another murder.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 945 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:57:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1150014

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 3 October to Question 292174 on Re-offenders: Homicide and the Answer of 28 June 2019 to Question 267272 on Homicide, for what reason the figures on the number of offenders convicted of murder, who at the time they committed the offence were being supervised on a life licence between 2016 and 2018 are different from the figures for offenders released from a life sentence for murder who went on to commit another murder while on life licence in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of offenders under the statutory supervision of the NPS and CRCs who were charged with a serious further offence, broken down by offence in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SFO offence</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Arson with intent to endanger life</em></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault by penetration</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attempt or conspiracy to commit murder</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Aggravated Burglary</em></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing death by dangerous/careless driving/aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>False imprisonment</em></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Firearms offences including possession with intent</em></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Kidnapping</em></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offences under the Explosive Substances Act</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other offences against the person</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other qualifying sexual offences</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other serious violent offence</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other specified offence causing death</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Robbery with firearm</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 13 sexual offences including rape</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Data Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording systems, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</li><li>The NPS and CRCs are required to complete reviews on any eligible offender who has been charged with (including attempted or conspiracy to commit offences): murder manslaughter, other specified offences causing death, rape or assault by penetration, or a sexual offence against a child under 13 years of age.</li><li>Data provided for offences should in italics are “conditional” reviews completed by the NPS only when an offender has been assessed as high risk of harm during the current sentence.</li><li>Not all SFO notifications result in the completion of a reviews as charges can be reduced or dropped. Not every offender charged with a SFO is convicted.</li><li>The data represents SFO charges and not a unique count of offenders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>You have also asked for what reason the figures on the number of offenders convicted of murder, who at the time they committed the offence were being supervised on a life licence between 2016 and 2018 are different from the figures for offenders released from a life sentence for murder who went on to commit another murder while on life licence in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in PQ 267272 relate to the number of offenders being supervised on life licence, not restricted to those on life licence for a mandatory life sentence for the offence of murder, charged in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 and subsequently convicted of murder.</p><p> </p><p>The corresponding figures stated in PQ 292174 are lower because they refer to the number of offenders released in 2016, 2017 and 2018 on life licence following a conviction for murder who have since been convicted of another murder.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 944 question first answered 21/10/2019 16:57:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1150015

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 3 October 2019 to Question 292174 on Re-offenders: Homicide, how many lifers on licence have been subsequently returned to prison on (a) fixed term recall and (b) standard recall.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision. They can also be recalled potentially to serve the rest of their sentence in prison if they breach the terms of their release.</p><p> </p><p>The legislation allowing Fixed Term Recalls (Criminal Justice Act 2003) does not apply to offenders on a life sentence; consequently, offenders on a life licence may receive only a standard recall.</p><p>Published data recording the number of offenders on a life licence returned (recalled) to prison each year is available from 2010 and is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2019 14:42:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1147288

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been convicted of a serious assault on a prison officer in each of the last five years; and what additional sentence those prisoners were given as a result those assaults.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	292171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the proportion of serious assaults on prison staff that resulted in a criminal conviction in each of the last five years. Detailed information may be held on court record but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/10/2019 14:42:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1147292

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released from prison following a murder conviction have been on life licence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	292173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The decision to direct the release of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder, once the prisoner has completed the minimum term of imprisonment (the tariff) set by the Court, is by law solely a matter for the independent Parole Board. The Board will direct the prisoner’s release on life licence where it assesses that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner remain detained in custody. In making its assessment, the Parole Board has regard to a dossier of evidence about the prisoner’s current risk, including reports from a probation offender manager and a prison offender supervisor.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners serving a mandatory life sentence for murder whom the Parole Board has released in each year since 2007 is set out in the table below. The Ministry of Justice publishes these tables as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. This is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year of first release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory lifers</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is also able to provide information about the number of offenders who were convicted of a murder while on life licence for a previous murder, by matching data held about Serious Further Offences (SFOs)<strong>*</strong> with the data on releases. However, the Department is not able to provide data about offences for violence against the person or other offences without incurring disproportionate costs, because it is not possible to match release data with data held on the Police National Computer (PNC) without a large manual checking exercise. For the same reason, we cannot provide information about the number of offenders who did not commit further offences following release on life licence.</p><p><strong>Offenders Released from a Life Sentence for Murder who went on to Commit another Murder while on Life Licence *</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Release Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SFOs are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are charged with serious further offences</p><p> </p><p><strong>*Data is only held on SFOs committed in or after 2009 </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 292174 292175 question first answered 03/10/2019 14:43:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1147295

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders serving a life sentence for murder have been released on licence since 2007; and how many of those people were subsequently convicted of (a) another murder, (b) violence against the person and (c) another offence.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	292174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The decision to direct the release of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder, once the prisoner has completed the minimum term of imprisonment (the tariff) set by the Court, is by law solely a matter for the independent Parole Board. The Board will direct the prisoner’s release on life licence where it assesses that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner remain detained in custody. In making its assessment, the Parole Board has regard to a dossier of evidence about the prisoner’s current risk, including reports from a probation offender manager and a prison offender supervisor.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners serving a mandatory life sentence for murder whom the Parole Board has released in each year since 2007 is set out in the table below. The Ministry of Justice publishes these tables as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. This is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year of first release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory lifers</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is also able to provide information about the number of offenders who were convicted of a murder while on life licence for a previous murder, by matching data held about Serious Further Offences (SFOs)<strong>*</strong> with the data on releases. However, the Department is not able to provide data about offences for violence against the person or other offences without incurring disproportionate costs, because it is not possible to match release data with data held on the Police National Computer (PNC) without a large manual checking exercise. For the same reason, we cannot provide information about the number of offenders who did not commit further offences following release on life licence.</p><p><strong>Offenders Released from a Life Sentence for Murder who went on to Commit another Murder while on Life Licence *</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Release Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SFOs are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are charged with serious further offences</p><p> </p><p><strong>*Data is only held on SFOs committed in or after 2009 </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 292173 292175 question first answered 03/10/2019 14:43:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1147297

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders serving life sentences for murder that were released on licence did not commit another offence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	292175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The decision to direct the release of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder, once the prisoner has completed the minimum term of imprisonment (the tariff) set by the Court, is by law solely a matter for the independent Parole Board. The Board will direct the prisoner’s release on life licence where it assesses that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner remain detained in custody. In making its assessment, the Parole Board has regard to a dossier of evidence about the prisoner’s current risk, including reports from a probation offender manager and a prison offender supervisor.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners serving a mandatory life sentence for murder whom the Parole Board has released in each year since 2007 is set out in the table below. The Ministry of Justice publishes these tables as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. This is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year of first release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory lifers</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is also able to provide information about the number of offenders who were convicted of a murder while on life licence for a previous murder, by matching data held about Serious Further Offences (SFOs)<strong>*</strong> with the data on releases. However, the Department is not able to provide data about offences for violence against the person or other offences without incurring disproportionate costs, because it is not possible to match release data with data held on the Police National Computer (PNC) without a large manual checking exercise. For the same reason, we cannot provide information about the number of offenders who did not commit further offences following release on life licence.</p><p><strong>Offenders Released from a Life Sentence for Murder who went on to Commit another Murder while on Life Licence *</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Release Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SFOs are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are charged with serious further offences</p><p> </p><p><strong>*Data is only held on SFOs committed in or after 2009 </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 292173 292174 question first answered 03/10/2019 14:43:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone