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Table 10.1: average time served in prison by prisoners discharged from determinate sentences on completion of sentence or on licence—adults: England and Wales 2005
		Month
			Average time served		Percentage of sentence served
Length of sentence( 1)	Number of persons discharged( 2,3)	Average length of sentence	Including remand time	Excluding remand time	Including remand time	Excluding remand time
Adult male and female
All lengths of sentence less than indeterminate	70,500	16.8	9.0	8.0	54	48
Up to and including three months	17,800	1.9	0.9	0.8	49	41
Over three months up to and including six months	18,900	4.7	2.2	1.8	47	39
Over six months less than 12 months	6,100	8.7	4.0	3.1	46	36
12 months	3,000	12.0	5.5	4.4	46	37
Over 12 months up to and including 18 months	4,900	16.3	7.6	6.2	46	38
Over 18 months up to and including three years	9,500	28.5	14.4	12.4	51	44
Over three years less than four years	2,900	42.5	22.5	19.8	53	46
Four years	1,700	48.0	28.7	25.7	60	53
Over four years up to and including five years	2,400	57.2	34.2	30.7	60	54
Over five years up to and including 10 years	2,800	84.3	50.0	45.1	59	54
Over 10 years less than indeterminate	400	160.5	93.9	84.5	58	53
Adult male
All lengths of sentence less than indeterminate	64,000	17.2	9.3	8.3	54	48
Up to and including three months	15,700	1.9	1.0	0.8	49	41
Over three months up to and including six months	17,300	4.7	2.2	1.8	47	39
Over six months less than 12 months	5,500	8.7	4.0	3.2	46	36
12 months	2,800	12.0	5.6	4.4	47	37
Over 12 months up to and including 18 months	4,400	16.3	7.6	6.3	47	38
Over 18 months up to and including three years	8,800	28.5	14.5	12.5	51	44
Over three years less than four years	2,700	42.5	22.6	19.9	53	47
Four years	1,600	48.0	28.8	25.8	60	54
Over four years up to and including five years	2,300	57.2	34.5	30.9	60	54
Over five years up to and including 10 years	2,600	84.2	50.6	45.6	60	54
Over 10 years less than indeterminate	400	160.9	94.3	85.0	59	53
Adult female
All lengths of sentence less than indeterminate	6,500	13.1	6.2	5.4	48	41
Up to and including three months	2,200	1.9	0.9	0.8	47	41
Over three months up to and including six months	1,600	4.7	2.1	1.8	45	37
Over six months less than 12 months	700	8.7	3.7	2.9	42	33
12 months	300	12.0	4.9	3.9	41	33
Over. 12 months up to and including 18 months	400	16.4	6.7	5.6	41	34
Over 18 months up to and including three years	700	28.5	13.5	11.6	47	41
Over three years less than four years	200	42.6	20.7	18.6	49	44
Four years	90	48.0	27.3	24.3	57	51
Over four years up to and including five years	100	57.5	30.5	26.6	53	46
Over five years up to and including 10 years	200	85.1	41.7	37.6	49	44
Over 10 years less than indeterminate	10	147.6	81.3	67.2	55	46
(1) On discharge: the sentence may change after reception if there are further charges or an appeal. (2) Excludes discharges following recall after release on licence, non-criminals, persons committed to custody for non-payment of a fine and persons reclassified as adult prisoners. (3) Rounded to the nearest 100 or to the nearest 10 for number less than 100. Source: Quality: These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. See Technical appendix of report for fuller information.

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