Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2017 to Question 108876, how many women received custodial sentences in 2017; and how many of such people, by offence category as used in his Department's offender management statistics, received a sentence of (a) over 12 months, (b) less than six months, (c) less than three months, (d) less than one month and (e) less than two weeks.

This information is not available. Court proceedings data for 2017, including sentencing information, is planned for publication in Spring 2018.

We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes for women in both the community and custody.