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1722840

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 in months was for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and had (a) zero, (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 previous convictions in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. These tables include data covering 2007 to 2023, on the average custodial sentence length of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:43:23 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1345 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722841

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given an immediate custodial sentence of a year or less had (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine, (k) 10 to 19, (l) 20 to 29, (m) 30 to 39 and (n) 40 or more previous convictions and cautions in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. This table includes data, covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a year or less.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:44:20 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1346 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722843

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
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 community orders issued to an offender sentenced to immediate custody was in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>Information on the highest number of previous community sentences received by an offender sentenced to immediate custody, covering the period 2007 – 2023, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p>It is worth noting that the same individuals may appear in more than one year. This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:46:20 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1348 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722844

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 immediate custody had (a) zero, (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 and (g) more than 50 previous (i) community orders and (ii) suspended sentences in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on:</p><ul><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous community sentences who were sentenced to immediate custody.</li><li>The proportion of offenders with a specified number of previous community sentences who were sentenced to immediate custody.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of suspended sentences who were sentenced to immediate custody.</li><li>The proportion of offenders with a specified number of suspended sentences who were sentenced to immediate custody.</li></ul><p>It is worth noting that an offender may have had previous custodial sentences as well as previous community or suspended sentences. This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:47:20 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1349 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722845

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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 on a (i) police and (ii) prison officer in each year since 2007; and what the average custodial sentence for those offences was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders sentenced for offences relating to assaults on police officers and prison officers, from 2010 to 2023, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6646118dbd01f5ed32793d44/outcomes-by-offence-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023</a>, using the following HO offence codes:</p><ul><li>10423 - Assault on a constable</li><li>10504 - Assaulting a prisoner custody officer or custody officer</li><li>00873 - Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker</li></ul><p>The number of offenders sentenced for offences relating to assaults on police officers and prison officers, from 2007 to 2009, is provided in Table 1.</p><p>The assault of a police officer can be prosecuted under both ‘Assault on a constable’ and ‘Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker’ offences since the enactment of Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.</p><p>The assault of a prison officer can be prosecuted under both ‘Assaulting a prisoner custody officer or custody officer’ and ‘Assault or assault by beating of an emergency worker’ offences since the enactment of Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.</p><p>However, whether the offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 relate to assaults specifically on police officers or prison officers is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:48:47 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1350 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722846

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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) a public order offence, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) a drug-related offence, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of an anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud and (n) vehicle taking in each year since 2007 had (i) no and (ii) between (A) one and four, (B) five and nine, (C) 10 and 15, (D) 16 and 25, (E) 26 and 50, (F) 51 and 75, (G) 76 and 100 and (H) 101 or more convictions and cautions for an offence.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. This table includes data, covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:49:35 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1351 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722847

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
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 was for offenders who were 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) a public order offence, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) a drug-related offence, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of an anti-social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the average number of a) previous convictions and b) previous cautions of offenders who were given an immediate custodial sentence when convicted for a specified offence. That is not to say that the offender was not sentenced to immediate custody for another offence prior to this conviction.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:50:30 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1352 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722849

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 the first time 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) a public order offence, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) a drug-related offence, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of an anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud and (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 previous offences of any type.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for a specified offence and an indication (by band) of their previous cautions and convictions for previous offences of any type. That is to say, in this data set, the offender received their first sentence of immediate custody for that particular offence. Nothing in this data set indicates that the offender has not received a sentence of immediate custody before, for another offence.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:51:51 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1353 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722852

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 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 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 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 2021 to 2023, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:53:40 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1356 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1722854

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 who previously had (a) none, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10-15, (e) 16-25, (f) 26-50, (g) 51-75, (h) 76-100 and (i) 101 or more convictions received (i) an immediate custodial sentence, (ii) a suspended sentence and (iii) a community sentence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	1357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These table include data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on:</p><ul><li>The number of occasions on which an offender was convicted of a violence against the person offence with a specified number of previous convictions and received a specified sentence.</li><li>The percentage of occasions on which an offender was convicted of a violence against the person offence with a specified number of previous convictions and received a specified sentence.</li></ul><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a complicated retrieval from the Police National Computer database.</p><p>It should be noted that sentencing decisions in individual cases are for the independent judiciary.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 31/07/2024 09:54:34 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin attachment 1 file name 2024-07-31 PQ 1357 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien