PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prisoners on Remand: Sentencing (14 December 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants on remand who have refused to attend their sentencing hearing.

Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)

Answer

This information is not centrally recorded and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of prisoner records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.


Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
21 December 2022

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