Q. Sentencing: Females

Sentencing: Females

(asked on 22nd January 2018) - View Source

Questioner

Chris Ruane
(Labour - Vale of Clwyd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders received an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last seven years; and what the percentage change in that number was for each police force area in England and Wales in each of those years.

Answered by

Phillip Lee

This question was answered on 29th January 2018

The number of female offenders sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.

Court proceedings data, including sentencing outcomes, for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.

In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody.

Female offenders sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by Police Force Area, 2010 to 2016 ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Force	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016

London ⁽³⁾	1,691	1,822	1,566	1,320	1,318	1,192	1,286
Cumbria	80	109	88	90	93	104	92
Lancashire	189	193	205	241	239	215	169
Merseyside	251	265	232	232	249	268	267
Greater Manchester	468	486	412	405	451	405	309
Cheshire	139	131	121	118	169	182	168
Northumbria	156	199	165	136	178	184	170
Durham	87	64	79	80	85	77	80
North Yorkshire	91	90	104	82	83	79	83
West Yorkshire	273	284	270	271	300	294	336
South Yorkshire	206	244	210	273	249	232	194
Humberside	151	155	157	146	158	138	147
Cleveland	116	91	93	98	91	78	108
West Midlands	630	580	590	493	536	525	559
Staffordshire	151	143	145	101	125	126	119
West Mercia	146	116	111	104	117	102	112
Warwickshire	28	39	38	40	41	57	60
Derbyshire	139	156	123	128	174	183	179
Nottinghamshire	187	153	145	117	143	170	147
Lincolnshire	52	59	62	67	42	52	67
Leicestershire	108	120	114	108	102	88	97
Northamptonshire	129	115	128	93	92	70	78
Cambridgeshire	143	111	123	132	92	89	113
Norfolk	96	99	93	73	86	99	124
Suffolk	56	81	43	64	79	73	49
Bedfordshire	99	75	84	42	69	80	54
Hertfordshire	95	109	107	100	93	89	110
Essex	231	223	197	194	201	162	176
Thames Valley	242	254	213	204	214	255	224
Hampshire	199	267	245	156	193	211	158
Surrey	94	99	113	82	90	64	63
Kent	206	226	193	201	203	192	217
Sussex	260	240	194	148	132	160	131
Devon and Cornwall	144	158	120	109	116	126	121
Avon and Somerset	181	207	172	182	200	170	164
Gloucestershire	68	51	49	61	66	71	58
Wiltshire	25	32	33	29	33	44	49
Dorset	78	42	48	46	57	67	52
North Wales	74	74	97	98	93	107	116
Gwent	59	70	94	86	91	82	88
South Wales	327	328	291	344	345	328	387
Dyfed-Powys	51	58	42	44	37	33	32
England and Wales	8,196	8,418	7,709	7,138	7,525	7,323	7,313

(1) The 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 is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(3) Includes the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Areas.

Sentencing: Females

Questioner

Answered by

Reticulating Splines