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1177970

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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 estimate he has made of the number of offenders that having committed 15 or more previous offences were not sent to prison on conviction for (a) burglary and (b) violence against the person in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	1223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>In the year ending March 2019 there were 2,352 offenders convicted of burglary and 4,343 offenders convicted of a violence against the person offence where this was the principal offence of which the offender was convicted, where the offender received a sentence other than immediate custody and had 15 or more previous convictions or cautions for individual counts of any offence.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/02/2020 15:47:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1176859

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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 for (a) men and (b) women given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	13459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous offences for (a) men and (b) women given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last two years</li><li>The average number of previous offences committed by (a) men and (b) women who were given a custodial sentence of (i) up to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 months to 2 years, (iv) 2 to 4 years, (v) 4-8 years, (vi) 8-20 years, (vii) over 20 years and (viii) life imprisonment in the last year for which information is available</li><li>The largest number of offences committed by a (a) man and (b) woman prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last three years</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13473 13951 question first answered 14/02/2020 10:24:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQs_13459_13473_13951_Tables_SignedOff.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1176873

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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 was of previous offences committed by (a) men and (b) women who were given a custodial sentence of (i) up to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 months to 2 years, (iv) 2 to 4 years, (v) 4-8 years, (vi) 8-20 years, (vii) over 20 years and (viii) life imprisonment in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	13473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous offences for (a) men and (b) women given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last two years</li><li>The average number of previous offences committed by (a) men and (b) women who were given a custodial sentence of (i) up to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 months to 2 years, (iv) 2 to 4 years, (v) 4-8 years, (vi) 8-20 years, (vii) over 20 years and (viii) life imprisonment in the last year for which information is available</li><li>The largest number of offences committed by a (a) man and (b) woman prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last three years</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13459 13951 question first answered 14/02/2020 10:24:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQs_13459_13473_13951_Tables_SignedOff.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1177019

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2020
	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 largest number of offences committed by a (a) man and (b) woman was prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	13951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous offences for (a) men and (b) women given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last two years</li><li>The average number of previous offences committed by (a) men and (b) women who were given a custodial sentence of (i) up to six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 months to 2 years, (iv) 2 to 4 years, (v) 4-8 years, (vi) 8-20 years, (vii) over 20 years and (viii) life imprisonment in the last year for which information is available</li><li>The largest number of offences committed by a (a) man and (b) woman prior to being sent to prison for the first time in each of the last three years</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 13459 13473 question first answered 14/02/2020 10:24:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQs_13459_13473_13951_Tables_SignedOff.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1177026

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2020
	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 convictions was for a (a) man and (b) woman convicted of a further offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	13958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2020 answer text <p>Data on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions for (a) a man and (b) a woman convicted and given a sentence other than immediate custody, and the sentence given for their most recent offence, year ending March 2017 to year ending March 2019, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/02/2020 11:59:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ13958_response table v3DD.XLSX title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1452752

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	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 proportion of people who have received a custodial sentence have (a) not previously served or (b) previously served (i) between one and four, (ii) between five and nine and (iii) more than 10 community sentences in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	143695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Data showing the proportion of offenders who were sentenced to custody by the number of community orders served in each of the last five years can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of offenders<sup>2</sup> who received an immediate custodial sentence<sup>3</sup> by year and number of previous community orders<sup>4,5</sup>, England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2016 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Previous community orders</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 9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10 or more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 - Proportion refers to the number of offenders who have received previous community orders as a proportion of those who received an immediate custodial sentence in each year. The proportions have been rounded to whole numbers.</p><p>2 - Offenders are counted once in each year but may appear in multiple years if they received an immediate custodial sentence in more than one of the five years.</p><p>3- Immediate custodial sentences include types of detention other than adult prison (e.g. detention and training orders given to 10 to 17 year olds or detention in Young Offenders Institutions).</p><p>4 - Previous community orders are counted as at the last immediate custodial sentence the offender received in each year and may have been received at any time prior to the immediate custodial sentence.</p><p>5 - Community orders includes all community orders, with or without electronic monitoring or curfew restrictions, but excludes other types of community sentences (e.g. youth rehabilitation order) and other sentences that may be served in the community (e.g. suspended sentence).</p><p>6 - England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 28/03/2022 10:59:49 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1454016

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	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, if he will publish figures for the proportion of prisoners sentenced to custodial sentences who had previously received at least one community sentence for each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	146639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Data showing the proportion of prisoners sentenced to custodial sentences who have previously had at least one community sentence for each of the last ten years, is published on the Police National Computer. This can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing the proportion of offenders<sup>1, 2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody<sup>3</sup> in each year, 2011-2020, who previously<sup>4</sup> received at least one community order<sup>5</sup>, prior to the immediate custodial sentence. England and Wales<sup>6</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of offenders who received at least one community order prior to an immediate custodial sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source</strong>: MoJ extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 - 'Proportion' refers to: The number of offenders in each year who received an immediate custodial sentence in each year and had at least one previous community order as a proportion of all offenders who received an immediate custodial sentence in the same year.</p><p>2 - Offenders are counted once in each year but may appear in multiple years if they received an immediate custodial sentence in more than one of the ten years.</p><p>3- Immediate custodial sentences include types of detention other than adult prison (e.g. detention and training orders given to 10 to 17 year olds or detention in Young Offenders Institutions). An offender sentenced to immediate custody does not necessarily mean that the offender is a member of the prison population.</p><p>4 - Previous community orders may have been received at any time prior to the index offence (last immediate custodial sentence) in each year.</p><p>5 - Community orders include all community orders, with or without electronic monitoring or curfew restrictions, but <strong>excludes </strong>other types of community sentences (e.g. youth rehabilitation order) and other sentences that may be served in the community (e.g. suspended sentence).</p><p>6 - England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/03/2022 15:51:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1301883

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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, how many and what proportion of cases offenders received less than the minimum sentence for (a) third-time convictions for domestic burglary and (b) second-time convictions for possession of a knife or offensive weapon in each of the last five years broken down by the age range of offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	167198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials are unable to do at this time due to the current national lockdown and the need to minimise non-essential travel.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested, once my officials are able to safely access the PNC system, and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2021 17:18:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1700973

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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, how many and what proportion of prisoners sentenced to custodial sentences had previously received at least one (a) community and (b) suspended sentence in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary and, by law, courts are required to be satisfied that the offence committed is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified, and even when that threshold is met, courts are able to consider whether a community sentence would be more suitable in that particular case. In many cases, sentences served in the community can more effectively reduce reoffending when compared to short custodial sentences.</p><p>Data showing the number and proportion of prisoners sentenced to custodial sentences, who have previously had at least one community order or suspended sentence order respectively for each year since 2010, is drawn from the Police National Computer. This can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing the number and proportion of offender s</strong>(1)<strong>,</strong> (2) <strong>sentenced to immediate</strong> <strong>custody</strong>(3)<strong> in each year since 2010</strong>(4)<strong>, who previously</strong>(5) <strong>received at least one community order</strong>(6) <strong>or suspended sentence order respectively</strong>(7)<strong>, prior to the immediate custodial sentence. England and Wales</strong>(8).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders who received at least one community order prior to an immediate custodial sentence</p></td><td><p>Proportion of offenders who received at least one community order prior to an immediate custodial sentence</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders who received at least one suspended sentence order prior to an immediate custodial sentence</p></td><td><p>Proportion of offenders who received at least one suspended sentence order prior to an immediate custodial sentence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>34,550</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>23,602</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>40,134</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>25,870</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>42,183</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>26,216</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>41,201</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>26,670</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,962</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>27,746</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,699</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>28,381</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>42,985</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>30,138</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41,424</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>30,010</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>38,318</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>28,112</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>35,524</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>25,634</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>28,623</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>20,895</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>28,523</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>20,898</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>27,230</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>20,339</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: </strong>MoJ extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>1 - 'Proportion' refers to the number of offenders in each year who received an immediate custodial sentence in each year and had at least one previous community order or suspended sentence order respectively as a proportion of all offenders who received an immediate custodial sentence in the same year.</p><p>2 - Offenders are counted once in each year but may appear in multiple years if they received an immediate custodial sentence in more than one of the years.</p><p>3 - Immediate custodial sentences include types of detention other than adult prison (e.g. detention and training orders given to 10 to 17 year olds or detention in Young Offenders Institutions). An offender sentenced to immediate custody does not necessarily mean that the offender is a member of the prison population.</p><p>4 - The figures for 2020 and 2021 are likely to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>5 - Previous community orders or suspended sentence orders respectively may have been received at any time prior to the index offence (last immediate custodial sentence) in each year.</p><p>6 - Community orders strictly include community orders, with or without electronic monitoring or curfew restrictions, but excludes other types of community sentences (e.g. youth rehabilitation order, supervision orders) and other sentences that may be served in the community (e.g. suspended sentence orders). At least some of the orders included were only introduced in their current form in 2005.</p><p>7 – individuals can be present in both columns</p><p>8 - England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 23/04/2024 13:23:12 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1151099

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of six month prison sentences for criminals on re-offending rates.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	2700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime and public protection is our priority.</p><p>The latest proven reoffending rate for offenders released from sentences of six months or less in the quarter July to September 2017 was almost two thirds (64.8%).</p><p>That is why, one of the first acts by this Prime Minister was to order an urgent review of sentencing, which included looking at changes to sentencing for the most prolific offenders which could help break the cycle of re-offending. Based on the findings of this review, we have announced a Sentencing Bill, which will contain proposals for community penalties that offer an appropriate level of punishment, while tackling the underlying drivers of re-offending.</p><p>Custody should be available as a last resort, but if we are to break the cycle of reoffending, solutions will often lie in community sentences, including those which address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, or provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 13:55:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane