Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who were living in Wales at the point of sentence served time in custody during (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.

The total number of women who served time in custody during 2015 and 2016 that were living in Wales at the point of sentence is not available. However, the table below shows the number of sentenced women with an origin address in Wales in custody during each quarter of 2015 and 2016. This is based on snapshot data and does not provide an accurate indication of all women in custody who were living in Wales at the point of sentence as it does not include those who were in custody between, but not on, the extract dates.

All data are based on the prison population on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December for 2015 and 2016. This tool has been designed for high level analytical purposes only. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last whole number shown in the tables. They are fit to be used for comparing the relative magnitude of components.

Around 97% of prisoners have origin locations. Those with no origin are typically foreign nationals or recently received into custody and have been excluded from this table.

The number of female offenders sentenced to custody at all courts in Wales, in 2016, by month, can be viewed in PQ 116829/116832.