The statistics we referred to were for what had happened to the group of those who had first applied under “faint hope”. There would also be the case of those persons who were serving a life sentence and who waited until their parole eligibility date and then applied for parole. Those would belong to a different group of statistics. We couldn't comment on what happened to anybody who received parole after that. If you have witnesses from the correctional services, perhaps they would be able to provide that additional information.
On October 19th, 2009. See this statement in context.