Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many and what proportion of cases involving common assault was a person remanded in custody prior to their conviction in each year since 2010; and what proportion of those offenders went on to receive an immediate custodial sentence.

The information can be found in the remands – magistrates’ courts tool and the remands – Crown Court tool in the annual Ministry of Justice Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly publication, linked below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016

Figures for common assault can be viewed by selecting 105. Common assault from the Offence classification drop-down. Select ‘Custody’ in the drop-down box: Remand status at the magistrates court / Crown Court. Those sentenced to immediate custody can be selected using the ‘Outcome’ drop-down boxes. Please note that figures for magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court have been presented separately because from centrally collated court proceedings data, it is not possible to determine a final outcome for those cases which were sent by magistrates to the Crown Court for trial or sentence.