Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 8354
Life Imprisonment
Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2024.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinInformation that would enable us to answer this question 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.