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1003760

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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 were sentenced to prison for less than (a) three months and (b) six months for each Home Office offence code in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for (a) up to and including 3 months and (b) over 3 months and up to and including 6 months for each Home Office offence code in 2017 can be viewed in the 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.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 16:53:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 189755 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003763

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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 were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months an (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</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.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189756 189757 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020096

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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 received custodial sentences in 2017; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and (E) 12 months and (ii) over 12 months; and what the average sentence length was of those people who received less than three months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody in 2017, broken down by sex and sentence lengths of less than two weeks, two weeks to less than one month, one month to less than three months, three months to less than six months, six months to less than twelve months, twelve months, and over twelve months, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial length for those offenders sentenced to immediate custody for less than three months in 2017 was 1.5 months.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on court outcomes for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 198932 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:42:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 198931 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020097

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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 have received custodial sentences in 2018; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and (E) 12 months and (ii) over 12 months; and what the average sentence length was of those people who received less than three months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody in 2017, broken down by sex and sentence lengths of less than two weeks, two weeks to less than one month, one month to less than three months, three months to less than six months, six months to less than twelve months, twelve months, and over twelve months, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial length for those offenders sentenced to immediate custody for less than three months in 2017 was 1.5 months.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on court outcomes for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 198931 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:42:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 198931 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1027240

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answers of 19 November 2018 to Questions 189756 and 189757, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to prison in the first six months of 2018 for each offence in the Home Office offence code.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</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.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/12/2018 15:27:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 202809 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1028639

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Questions 189756 and 189757 on Prison Sentences: Males, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to prison in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to Question 202809 given on 20 December.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/01/2019 16:15:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124525

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 prisoners sentenced under an imprisonment for public protection sentence remain in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	250483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The information you ask for is available in the public domain; however, I have provided it below for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 March 2019, there were 2,403 unreleased prisoners in custody serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. In addition, a further 1,063 prisoners were serving an IPP sentence following recall from the community.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the tariff-expired, unreleased population of prisoners serving IPP sentences by original tariff length and time over tariff, as at 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Original Tariff length</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 years to less than or equal to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 4 years to less than or equal to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 6 years to less than or equal to 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 10 years </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>118</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 1 year to less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 2 years to less than 3 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 3 years to less than 4 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>181</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 4 years to less than 5 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 5 years to less than 6 years</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 6 years to less than 7 years</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 7 years to less than 8 years</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 8 years to less than 9 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>271</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 9 years to less than 10 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years or more</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,198</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Prison and Probation Service is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 250484 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:35:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124528

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 IPP prisoners sentenced under an imprisonment for public protection sentence have been in prison over their tariff for more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven and (h) eight or more years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	250484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The information you ask for is available in the public domain; however, I have provided it below for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 March 2019, there were 2,403 unreleased prisoners in custody serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. In addition, a further 1,063 prisoners were serving an IPP sentence following recall from the community.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the tariff-expired, unreleased population of prisoners serving IPP sentences by original tariff length and time over tariff, as at 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Original Tariff length</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 years to less than or equal to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 4 years to less than or equal to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 6 years to less than or equal to 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 10 years </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>118</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 1 year to less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 2 years to less than 3 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 3 years to less than 4 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>181</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 4 years to less than 5 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 5 years to less than 6 years</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 6 years to less than 7 years</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 7 years to less than 8 years</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 8 years to less than 9 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>271</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 9 years to less than 10 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years or more</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,198</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Prison and Probation Service is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 250483 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:35:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1146245

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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, if he will list and place in the Library all research his Department has undertaken into short sentences in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published a range of research publications with a focus on short-term prison sentences in the last two years:</p><ul><li>The relationship between offender characteristics and the impact of short custodial sentences and court orders on reoffending (2018): <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706597/do-offender-characteristics-affect-the-impact-of-short-custodial-sentences.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706597/do-offender-characteristics-affect-the-impact-of-short-custodial-sentences.pdf</a></li><li>The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on reoffending (2019): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-short-custodial-sentences-community-orders-and-suspended-sentence-orders-on-reoffending" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-short-custodial-sentences-community-orders-and-suspended-sentence-orders-on-reoffending</a></li></ul><ul><li>The economic and social costs of reoffending (2019): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-social-costs-of-reoffending" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-and-social-costs-of-reoffending</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/09/2019 16:50:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1146282

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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 (a) men and (b) women received a custodial sentence of (i) six months or less and (ii) more than six months in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of male and female offenders sentenced to immediate custody and the length of these sentences in the “Outcomes by Offence data tool” at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Use the ‘Sex’ filter to see data for males and females. Custodial sentence lengths can be found from row 56 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/09/2019 16:59:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon