Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are serving sentences in prison for each (a) offence category used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code where appropriate.

The number of women serving a sentence of immediate custody as at 31 December 2017, by offence group, can be viewed in Table 1.2b here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676246/prison-population-q4-2017.xlsx

The number of women under an immediate custodial sentence as at 30 June 2017, by some of the Home Office offence codes can be viewed in Table A1.5i here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx

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 and services for women in both the community and custody.