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1137666

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	If he will review sentencing policy for prolific offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	911814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>We are looking to take forward reform of short custodial sentences. We know that offenders serving short sentences often have long offending histories, as well as multiple and complex needs. In cases of the most persistent offenders, the evidence shows they are 36% more likely to re-offend where they have received a short custodial sentence rather than a court order. Community penalties can address underlying behaviour, answer mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:03:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

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

1177610

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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, how many offenders had the time spent on tagged curfew deducted from their subsequent prison sentence in the most recent 12 months period for which such information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>Data relating to bail conditions including tagged curfew is not held centrally on court systems.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 516 question first answered 18/02/2020 16:11:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671901

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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 offenders in each police force area who were convicted but not sentenced to immediate custody had (a) 26 to 50, (b) 51 to 75, (c) 76 to 100 and (d) over 100 previous convictions or cautions in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	3043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 24/05/2024 11:18:58 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1177606

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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, how many offenders in each police force area who were convicted but not sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 2010 had previously committed (a) zero, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10 to 15, (e) 16 to 25, (f) 26 to 50, (g) 51 to 75, (h) 76 to 100, (i) 101 to 150, (j) 151 to 200 and (k) 200 offences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of offenders in each police force area who were convicted but not sentenced to immediate custody in each year since 2010 had previously committed (a) zero, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10 to 15, (e) 16 to 25, (f) 26 to 50, (g) 51 to 75, (h) 76 to 100, (i) 101 to 150, (j) 151 to 200 and (k) 200 offences can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2020 15:20:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 511 response table.xlsx title Table 511
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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

1012274

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sentences involving parole in addressing reoffending.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	194631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>In most cases a standard determinate sentence will be imposed by the court and such offenders will serve the first half of their sentence in prison and the second half in the community on licence. Under the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 we extended supervision on licence to approximately 40,000 offenders each year who are released from short custodial sentences who did not previously receive statutory support from probation after release. Providing supervision and support to this group of offenders – which includes some of the most prolific individuals, who are often leading chaotic lives – is the right thing to do if we are to reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where an offender has been convicted of a sexual or violence offence, the court may impose an indeterminate sentence or, where an offender is considered “dangerous”, an extended determinate sentence. Indeterminate sentenced prisoners are released on licence at the discretion of the Parole Board, whilst some extended sentenced prisoners may also be released at the Board’s discretion. The Parole Board may only direct the release of an offender if satisfied they do not pose a risk to the safety of the public.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders on licence must comply with a strict set of conditions. If any offender breaches their licence conditions, they are liable to be recalled immediately to prison. However, the aim is always to support offenders to complete their licence successfully.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/11/2018 16:05:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 88312 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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

1177605

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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 proportion of offenders receiving an immediate custodial sentence had (a) zero, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10 to 15, (e) 16 to 25, (f) 26 to 50, (g) 51 to 75, (h) 76 to 100, (i) 101 to 150, (j) 151 to 200 and (k) 200 or more previous offences on their record at the time of that sentencing in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Data covering the period year ending March 2010 – year ending March 2019 on the proportion of offenders sentenced to immediate custody with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/02/2020 17:00:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 510 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies