HC Deb 03 March 1977 vol 927 cc264-5W
36. Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average proportion of determinate sentences served by those prisoners released on parole in each of the last five years.

Mr. John

In the last nine months of 1973 and in 1974 the proportion was 51 per cent. In 1975 it was 50 per cent., and it is estimated that the proportion will have been the same in 1976. I regret that information is not available for periods prior to 1st April 1973.

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