Question follow-through · 20327
Life Imprisonment
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 31 October 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 23 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
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- Prison Accommodation · 12 Feb 2025
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- Prisoners: Exercise · 12 Feb 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
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 31 October 2024.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Dec 2024
Answer published
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.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Overcrowding: Secure Accommodation
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12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure prisoners on the secure estate undertake the minimum time for physical exercise.
Prisoners: Vocational Guidance
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2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in prisoners accessing emergency hospital care.
Prisoners' Transfers
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Offenders: Employment
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Offenders: English Language and Mathematics
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders entering the secure estate had an (a) English and (b) mathematics functional skills level (a) below and (b) above entry-level 3 in each of the last 10 financial years.
Offenders: Education and Unpaid Work
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders on the secure estate undertook (a) unpaid work, (b) education and (c) vocational training in each of the last 10 financial years.