HC Deb 27 June 1994 vol 245 c428W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were serving a life sentence and were released from prison after serving less than 10, 15 or 20 years, in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information requested is shown in the table.

Time served under sentence1
Year of release Less than 10 years 10 less than 15 years 15 less than 20 years
1983 49 44 7
1984 39 18 7
1985 23 32 5
1986 19 19 6
1987 15 24 8
1988 31 31 3
1989 20 42 10
1990 14 41 16
1991 21 35 9
1992 20 44 18
1993 2 15 29 24
1Other than those released on compassionate grounds.
2Figures for 1993 are provisional.

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