§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners on 15th October 1976
PERSONS SERVING TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT BY SENTENCE LENGTH Number of Persons Length of sentence As at 30th June 1975 As at 31st October 1976 Up to and including one month … … 405 382 Over one month, up to and including three months … … 1,088 1,385 Over three months, up to and including six months … … 2,082 2,299 Over six months and up to and including 18 months … … 7,737 8,160 Over 18 months … … 14,824 16,132 Total … … 26,136 28,358 I regret that an estimate of the effect of altering full remission from one-third to half of sentence for the various categories could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department of those
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PERSONS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT BY MAGISTRATES' COURTS AND THE CROWN COURT, ENGLAND AND WALES, 1975 By term of sentence Term of sentence Magistrates' Courts Number of persons Crown Court Up to and including one month … … 2,399 5,264 Over one month and up to and including three months … … 6,868 Over three months and up to and including six months … … 6,092 Over six months and up to and including 18 months … … 46 9,872 Over 18 months … … — 6,617 Total … … 15,405 21,753 were serving sentences of (a) up to one month, (b) one to three months, (c) three to six months, (d) six to 18 months, (e) 18 months and over; and what proportion of those in the first four categories would have been released at a previous date if a system of remission of half the sentence had been in operation;
(2) how many prisoners on an average day in 1975 were serving sentences of (a) up to one month, (b) over one month and up to three months, (c) three to six months, (d) six to 18 months and (e) 18 months and over; and what proportion of those in the first four categories would have been released on a previous date if a system of remission of half the sentence had been in operation.
§ Mr. JohnThe information requested is not available for the dates specified. The following table gives the available information for 30th June 1975 and 31st October 1976.
sentenced to imprisonment by the courts in 1975, how many were sentenced to (a) up to one month, (b) one to three months, (c) three to six months, (d) six to 18 months and (e) 18 months and over.