Prison Sentences (Hansard, 2 November 1999)

§ Mr. Boateng

The available information given in the table relates to those persons discharged from Prison Service establishments in England and Wales since 1978 in respect of those convicted of murder, and since 1992 for other serious offences.

Average time served¹ by year of discharge for selected serious offences, 1978–1988
Average time served (in years)
Year of discharge	Murder	Attempted Murder	Grievous bodily harm	Rape
1978	9.1	²—	²—	²—
1979	9.2	²—	²—	²—
1980	10.6	²—	²—	²—
1981	9.8	²—	²—	²—
1982	10.6	²—	²—	²—
1983	10.5	²—	²—	²—
1984	10.6	²—	²—	²—
1985	10.3	²—	²—	²—
1986	11.1	²—	²—	²—
1987	11.4	²—	²—	²—
1988	10.2	²—	²—	²—
1989	11.5	²—	²—	²—
1990	12.2	²—	²—	²—
1991	11.9	²—	²—	²—
1992	12.4	1.2	0.4	2.6
1993	14.4	3.3	0.6	3.2
1994	15.4	3.4	0.6	3.3
1995	14.0	3.5	0.6	3.7
1996	13.1	4.6	0.7	3.8
1997	14.4	3.7	0.7	3.9
1998	14.4	3.0	0.7	3.8
¹ Excluding any time spent on remand custody or following any subsequent recall
² Not available