§ Mr. Crawfordasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average percentage of prison sentence lengths served by prisoners with clean prison records in England before they are released on parole.
Dr. Sum merskill:Information is not available in the form requested by the hon. Member but, in 1977, 61 .6 per cent. of eligible prisoners—those serving determinate sentences of more than 18 months —in England and Wales were being paroled at some time during their sentences and the average length of the licences was 13 .5 months.