§ Mr. CoxTo 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 LloydThe 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.