Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders by offence type were sent to prison for their first offence in the latest year for which information is available.

This information is available in the “Offending History Data Tool” at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2017