§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons are currently detained at Her Majesty's pleasure under the terms of the Children and Young Persons Act 1983; and what was the average length of sentence for those convicted of murder who were released or paroled in the last five years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggInformation about the time detained in institutions other than prison service establishments is not readily available. The average time spent under sentence in prison service establishments by persons detained during Her Majesty's pleasure was between nine and a half and 10 years for those first released on licence in the years 1984 to 1988.