Prisoners: Older People
(asked on 7th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged (a) 60 to 69, (b) 70 to 79, (c) 80 to 89 and (d) over 90 have been sentenced to sentences of (i) six months or less, (ii) 12 months or less, (iii) two years or less and (iv) five years or less in the last 12 months.
The number of custodial sentences issued to offenders aged 60 or over, by requested breakdown of sentence length, in England and Wales, in 2016 (latest available), are in the table below:
Custodial sentences issued to offenders aged 60 or over, England and Wales, 2016(1)(2) | ||||
Sentence length | Age | |||
60 to 69 | 70 to 79 | 80 to 89 | 90 + | |
Up to and including six months | 531 | 74 | 6 | - |
Over six months and up to and including 12 months | 172 | 48 | 7 | - |
Over 12 months and up to and including two years | 192 | 68 | 12 | 1 |
Over two years and up to and including five years | 286 | 124 | 21 | - |
'-' = Nil | ||||
(1) Sentence shown is the most severe sentence given for the principal offence (i.e. the principal sentence), secondary sentences given for the principal offence and sentences for non-principal offences are not counted in the tables. | ||||
(2) Every effort has been made to ensure the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. Consequently, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | ||||