§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he gave prior to his speech in the House on 3 December to the efficacy of arrangements for supervision of the security services in (a) Canada and (b) Israel.
254Wpublished in Table 4(e) of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales 1985", Cmnd. 9903. Information on time served under determinate sentence is given in Table 4(f) of the same publication. Information on time served for the lengths of sentence specified is given in the following able. Time served under sentence is reduced by remission, parole and time spent in custody on remand.
Length of sentence and average time served by persons discharged in 1985; selected sentence lengths—England and Wales Length of sentence (years) Average time served1 (months) 3 16 7 46 10 72 15 109 20 2190 30 2… 1 Based on those discharged on completion of their sentence or on parole; excludes those discharged following a recall from parole or for other reasons, eg successful appeal, transfer out of prison department establishments. 2 In 1985 only two prisoners were discharged from sentences of 20 years and none from sentences of 30 years.