Lord Trefgarne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Trefgarne on 2015-10-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 16 September (HL1895), how many male prisoners over the age of 80 who are currently serving prison sentences were over the age of 70 when sentenced.

Lord Faulks

As at 30 June 2015, of the 133 male prisoners over the age of 80 who are currently serving prisons sentences in England and Wales, 123 were sentenced when they were over the age of 70 years.