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1127090

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of women given a custodial sentence of less than and more than six months, at Magistrates and Crown courts, by offence and police force area in 2018 is published in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The requested data can be gathered by:</p><ul><li>Select the relevant court in the ‘Court Type’ field (Magistrates/Crown)</li><li>Select ‘2018’ in the ‘Year of Appearance’ field</li><li>Select ’02: Female’ in the ‘Sex’ field</li><li>Drag the ‘Offence’ field into Rows</li><li>Select the relevant sentence lengths in the ‘Custodial Sentence Length’ field (six months or less/ greater than six months)</li><li>Select the relevant police force area in the ‘Police Force Area’ field</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of women given a custodial sentence less than and more than six months from each magistrates and Crown court in North Wales in 2018, with corresponding offence, is available in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision, as set out in our Female Offender Strategy, is to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255285 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:09:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 255285 tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1127091

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult women with no previous convictions were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) below six months and (ii) six months and over in each police force area in England and Wales in 2018-19; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information on the numbers of adult women and adult men with no previous convictions who were taken into immediate custody from the Crown Courts and the Magistrates courts for sentences of below six months and six months and over are provided below. It is not possible to provide breakdowns by police force area because, due to low numbers, this would risk identification of the individuals concerned. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> female offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of female offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> male offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,561</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>752</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of male offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p>In the female offender strategy, published June 2018, we set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255284 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:06:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1127092

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult men with no previous convictions were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) below six months and (ii) six months and over in each police force area in England and Wales in 2018-19; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information on the numbers of adult women and adult men with no previous convictions who were taken into immediate custody from the Crown Courts and the Magistrates courts for sentences of below six months and six months and over are provided below. It is not possible to provide breakdowns by police force area because, due to low numbers, this would risk identification of the individuals concerned. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> female offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of female offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of adult<sup>1</sup> male offenders with no previous convictions<sup>2</sup> sentenced to immediate custody by court type<sup>3</sup>, sentence length<sup>4,5</sup> and offence type; England and Wales<sup>6</sup>, 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence type<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Less than 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months or more</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary offences excluding motoring</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,561</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>752</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1) Aged 18 or over at time of sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>2) Counting the number of male offenders who were convicted in court for the first time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>3) Includes crown and magistrates courts cases, where this information is recorded on the PNC.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>4) 6 months has been assumed to be 180 days.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>5) Excludes cases where the sentence length is not known</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>6) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7) For more detailed information on the offences included in each classification see the Offence Group Classifications file at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>8) The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p>In the female offender strategy, published June 2018, we set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255283 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:06:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1127093

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to (a) less than and (b) more than six months were taken into immediate custody from each (i) magistrates and (ii) Crown court in North Wales in 2018-19; and what the offence classification was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	255285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of women given a custodial sentence of less than and more than six months, at Magistrates and Crown courts, by offence and police force area in 2018 is published in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The requested data can be gathered by:</p><ul><li>Select the relevant court in the ‘Court Type’ field (Magistrates/Crown)</li><li>Select ‘2018’ in the ‘Year of Appearance’ field</li><li>Select ’02: Female’ in the ‘Sex’ field</li><li>Drag the ‘Offence’ field into Rows</li><li>Select the relevant sentence lengths in the ‘Custodial Sentence Length’ field (six months or less/ greater than six months)</li><li>Select the relevant police force area in the ‘Police Force Area’ field</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of women given a custodial sentence less than and more than six months from each magistrates and Crown court in North Wales in 2018, with corresponding offence, is available in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision, as set out in our Female Offender Strategy, is to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 255282 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:09:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 255285 tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1127132

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Ministers of Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) chaplains employed within prisons there are of each religion or belief.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	255249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Prison Act 1952 enshrines in law the statutory duties of a prison chaplain. These tasks, which must be undertaken daily, are incorporated into Prison Rules and Young Offender Rules. They are explained in detail in Prison Service Instruction 05/2016 Faith and Pastoral Care for Prisoners.</p><p>We recognise and respect the right of prisoners to register and practice their faith while serving their prison sentence. Chaplaincy plays a critical and unique role in the work of prisons and life of prisoners. It provides not only faith advice but pastoral care in support of HM Prison and Probation Service’s commitments to decency, safety and rehabilitation.</p><p>A breakdown of prisoner population by religion is provided in the quarterly Offender Management statistics publication on GOV.UK. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a>. The relevant extract of those statistics is provided in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong><em>Table 1.5: Prison population by religion and sex</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Jun-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Dec-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage change March 2018 to 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Males and Females</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83,263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82,773</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83,005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82,236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Christian</p></td><td><p>39,839</p></td><td><p>39,541</p></td><td><p>39,784</p></td><td><p>39,293</p></td><td><p>39,515</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Anglican</em></p></td><td><p><em>13,971</em></p></td><td><p><em>13,808</em></p></td><td><p><em>13,755</em></p></td><td><p><em>13,496</em></p></td><td><p><em>13,480</em></p></td><td><p><em>-4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Free Church</em></p></td><td><p><em>776</em></p></td><td><p><em>764</em></p></td><td><p><em>782</em></p></td><td><p><em>758</em></p></td><td><p><em>737</em></p></td><td><p><em>-5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Roman Catholic</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,334</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,277</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,246</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,094</em></p></td><td><p><em>14,160</em></p></td><td><p><em>-1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other Christian</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,758</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,692</em></p></td><td><p><em>11,001</em></p></td><td><p><em>10,945</em></p></td><td><p><em>11,138</em></p></td><td><p><em> 4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>12,847</p></td><td><p>12,894</p></td><td><p>12,868</p></td><td><p>12,894</p></td><td><p>13,008</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindu</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>-9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikh</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>638</p></td><td><p>611</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buddhist</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td><td><p>1,518</p></td><td><p>1,569</p></td><td><p>1,575</p></td><td><p>1,619</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jewish</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other religious group</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>1,777</p></td><td><p>1,782</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>1,876</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non recognised</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No religion</p></td><td><p>25,711</p></td><td><p>25,393</p></td><td><p>25,413</p></td><td><p>25,053</p></td><td><p>25,034</p></td><td><p>-3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Chaplains may work on a full-time, part-time, sessional or voluntary basis. A breakdown of Chaplains in employed in prisons and by faith, is provided below.</p><p><strong>Number of chaplains (headcount) employed by HM Prison and Probation Service<sup>1</sup>, as at 31 March 2019.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison Service establishments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Religion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of chaplains</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sikh</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hindu</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown<strong><sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes to Table</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="3"><p><ol><li>A substantial amount of Chaplaincy services within the public sector Prison Service are provided by non-employed staff on a sessional basis, which are not included in the figures presented in this table. Chaplains fill roles in bands 5 and 7 or above under the Fair and Sustainable structures.</li><li>These are mostly managing Chaplains where the religion of the post is not specified.</li><li>Only includes chaplains working in prisons and therefore will not match published data which includes Chaplains who work in other areas of HMPPS, such as at Headquarters.</li></ol></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="3"><p>Information on the private estate is not held centrally. The total number of chaplain staff since 2010 can be found in the HMPPS Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The latest publication on the number of Chaplains can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019</a> Information on the religious affiliation of chaplains is not published.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2019 12:37:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1127143

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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, what proportion of people convicted in each of the last twelve years who previously had (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100 and (i) 101 or more convictions received (i) an immediate custodial sentence, (ii) a suspended sentence and (iii) a community sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	255398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on the percentage of occasions on which an offender was convicted with a specified number of previous convictions and received a specified sentence, covering the period 2006 – 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2019 12:34:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ255398 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127208

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dogs: Meat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the potential effect of banning the consumption of dog meat in the UK on animal welfare abroad.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	255287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The consumption of dog meat, animal welfare and amendments to the Agriculture Bill are matters for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Secretary of State for Justice has not therefore discussed these issues with the Foreign Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for general criminal law issues and has frequent discussions on these matters with other Government departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 255659 255660 question first answered 24/05/2019 12:54:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1127287

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dogs: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of New Clause 23 to the Agriculture Bill which proposes a penalty for eating dogs of imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	255659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The consumption of dog meat, animal welfare and amendments to the Agriculture Bill are matters for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Secretary of State for Justice has not therefore discussed these issues with the Foreign Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for general criminal law issues and has frequent discussions on these matters with other Government departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 255287 255660 question first answered 24/05/2019 12:54:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1127288

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dogs: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect of legislative proposals to prohibit the human consumption of dog meat in (a) the UK and (b) abroad.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	255660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The consumption of dog meat, animal welfare and amendments to the Agriculture Bill are matters for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Secretary of State for Justice has not therefore discussed these issues with the Foreign Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for general criminal law issues and has frequent discussions on these matters with other Government departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 255287 255659 question first answered 24/05/2019 12:54:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1127302

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Welsh language speakers are able to correspond with Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in England through the medium of the Welsh language.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	255658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunal’s Service supports the provision of its Welsh Language Scheme as applicable in both Wales and England. HMCTS service centres that provide a national service welcome correspondence in Welsh, which will be dealt with within the same time frame and to the same standards as English language correspondence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2019 13:26:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 119640 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams