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Written Question
Custodial Treatment
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the average length of custodial sentence for each type of offence given by each magistrate court in England and Wales.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The data on the average length of custodial sentence for every offence given by every magistrate court in England and Wales is not produced or published. The Ministry of Justice analyses court performance and custodial sentence lengths in other ways.

Magistrates’ Court data, for period ending December 2016 is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614427/magistrates-court-tool-2016.xlsx

The most recent figures (year ending September 2017) for average custodial sentence length by offence type can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2017

Please see overview table 5.2c (this table covers both magistrates’ and Crown Courts).

Written Question
Remand in Custody
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of defendants being remanded in custody was by each type of offence for each magistrate court in England and Wales.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The number of defendants remanded in custody by offence group and local justice area in England and Wales in 2016 (latest data currently available) can be viewed in the attached table.

Court proceedings data for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Despite what the right hon. and learned Gentleman just said, is not it fortunate that the Government have time to rethink this? It has already been made clear that the Government and the Opposition will oppose the new clause of my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field). …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered sentencing in cases of dangerous driving involving death.

It is a great pleasure to serve under your wise chairmanship as ever, Mr Hollobone. As hon. Members and the Minister will know, this debate is timely, given the publication on 16 October …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. Obviously, that is a horrendous case and a great deal needs to be done on our prisons policy. It is not for us to debate that here today, but there is much to be done to improve the current state of affairs …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"Yes I do, as a matter of fact, and I extend my sympathies to my hon. Friend and her constituents in relation to that tragic case. The case I will try to develop in my argument is that it is not enough just to get parity of sentence. We need …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"Justice should be served by the right sentence being given for the offence. There should also be an anticipation that offenders are likely to be caught and justice served upon them. My hon. Friend is absolutely right: if that is not clear, such offences will continue.

I hope that the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"I will give way briefly, but I want to give the Minister a chance to respond...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing

"I do, and I think that there are similar concerns in relation to the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. I do not advocate not having proper guidelines—we want consistency in sentencing—but it sometimes seems to victims that the sentence they are told the perpetrator is likely to get …..."
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