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1133159

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to custody have served less than half their full sentence term due to early release in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	266858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Prisoners sentenced to a standard determinate custodial sentence must be released automatically at the halfway point of their sentence and serve the second half on licence. Those sentenced to at least 12 weeks but less than four years may be released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) up to 135 days before the halfway point, depending on sentence length.</p><p> </p><p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody. HDC allows reintegration back into the community in a controlled and supervised way, which research suggests may help to reduce the risk of further offending.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2007 and 2010, a further scheme operated which also allowed for early release before the halfway point of sentence – the End of Custody Licence (ECL) scheme. This allowed certain adult prisoners to be released 18 days before their normal halfway release point. It was brought to an end in March 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Children sentenced to a Detention and Training Order (DTO) serve the first half in custody, and the second half in the community. Most children serving a DTO of 8 months or more can be released one or two months earlier (depending on the DTO length) than the normal mid-point of sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of offenders released early under the Home Detention Curfew, End of Custody Licence and Detention and Training Order early release schemes in each year since 2007, and the proportion of all prisoners released who were released under each scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners may also be released early before having served half the sentence under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS). Under this scheme offenders liable to removal from the United Kingdom who have served at least a quarter of the sentence may be released before the halfway appoint solely in order to facilitate their deportation. Prisoners may also be released early on compassionate grounds (ERCG) before they have served half the sentence. Relevant data on releases under ERS and ERCG are not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/06/2019 14:14:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 266858.xls title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1131707

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of violent offences did not receive an immediate custodial sentence in each year since 1993.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	263849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of people convicted for offences classified in the indictable offence group ‘violence against the person’ and who received a non-custodial sentence or suspended sentence in each year since 1993 can be viewed in the table attached. Changes in custody rates over the period will reflect a number of factors, including changes in offence mix and policy and sentencing decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for violent offences in 2018 was at its highest level in this time period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/06/2019 15:14:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 263849 tableOS.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135972

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Assaults on Police and Prison Officers: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentence for assault of a (i) police officer and (ii) prison officer in each year since 2007, and what the average custodial sentence was for those offences.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people who received a) custodial and b) non-custodial sentences for assault on a police officer or prison officer in each year since 2007, and the average custodial sentence lengths for these offences can be found in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 13:58:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of Neil O'Brien PQ 271618 response table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135901

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions offenders had in each year since 2007 before being sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271594 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135905

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of and anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud, (n) vehicle taking in each year since 2007 had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more convictions and cautions for an offence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271593 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135912

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon in each year since 2007; and of those people how many had (a) no, (b) one to four, (c) five to 10 and (d) 11 or more previous cautions or sentences for carrying an offensive weapon.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that 2007 data has not been included as the time series data on the number of possession of offensive weapon offences used in the knife possession bulletin is only available from quarter 4 in 2007, so a full year’s data is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> given immediate custody for a possession of an offensive weapon offence by year and number of previous<sup>2,3</sup> convictions or cautions for the same offence, England and Wales<sup>4</sup>, 2008 to 2018.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions and cautions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 to 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5 to 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11 or more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,195</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,543</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1) Each offender is counted only once in each year they were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon, but may appear in multiple years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) Previous occasions on which the offences for which the offender was cautioned or convicted included possession of an offensive weapon, as counted on the last occasion in each year that the offender was given an immediate custodial sentence for offences including possession of an offensive weapon.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>3) Previous sentencing occasions may have resulted in an immediate custodial sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 13:48:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135898

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous community orders issued to an offender sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the highest number of previous community sentences received by an offender sentenced to immediate custody, covering the period 2007 – 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 15:42:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 271592 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135973

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was that a convicted person committed for that same offence before receiving a sentence other than an immediate non-custodial sentence in each of the last three years for offences relating to (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of anti social behaviour order, (m) fraud and (n) vehicle taking.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions an offender had for a specified offence type before receiving a custodial sentence, covering the period 2016 – 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:09:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 271619 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135985

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what number and proportion of those who were given a suspended sentence in each of the last three years were required as part of that sentence to (a) do unpaid work, (b) be subject to a curfew, (c) undertake a treatment programme for alcohol or drug and (d) be subject to a rehabilitation activity requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the requirements attached to suspended sentence orders is not held centrally. Identifying the information held on record locally could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:11:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1136226

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for an offender convicted for domestic burglary for offenders for which this was their (a) first, (b) second, (c) third, (d) fourth, (e) fifth, (f) sixth, (g) seventh or (h) eighth or more conviction for that offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	272235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The average custodial sentence length for offenders sentenced for domestic burglary, broken down by the order of sentence occasion, covering the period 2014 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for more than the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated queries of the Police National Computer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 272237 question first answered 09/07/2019 15:53:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQs 272235 and 272237 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien