PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prison Sentences: Women (17 July 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) less than and (ii) more than six months for each offence classification in each police force area in England and Wales in 2022-23.
Asked by:
Ben Goldsborough (Labour)
Asked by:
Ben Goldsborough (Labour)
Answer
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of custodial sentences issued at criminal courts in England and Wales. This includes breakdowns by sex, sentence length, offence group and police force area, and therefore the information requested can be obtained from the following published data:
Magistrates’ courts: Magistrates' court data tool
Crown Court: Crown Court data tool
Answered by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour)
24 July 2024
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