§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average penalty applied to a person convicted of(a) manslaughter and (b) murder in each of the last five years. [62421]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information available from the Home Office court appearance database is given in the table.
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Average sentence lengths 1 for people convicted of murder or manslaughter at the Crown Court, 1993–97
England and Wales
Months Offence 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Murder2 All convicted people were sentenced to life Attempted murder 99.3 98.7 111.5 115.8 98.0 Manslaughter 62.2 57.6 58.0 60.9 62.0 Manslaughter due to diminished responsibility 57.3 57.4 56.0 61.0 74.4 1 Based on custodial sentences excluding life. Covers unsuspended imprisonment, imprisonment in a young offender institution and detention under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, sec. 53(2) 2 Murder has a mandatory sentence of life