HL Deb 18 June 1990 vol 520 c723WA
Lord Hutchinson of Lullington

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the average period of detention served by released life sentence prisoners.

Viscount Ullswater

: Information on the average time served under sentence was published in Chapter 8 and Table 8.5 of Prison Statistics England and Wales 1988 (Cmnd. 825), a copy of which is in the Library.