Remand in Custody
(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who were remanded on their first appearance appeared in court from police custody in the last twelve months for which data is available.
This question was answered on 22nd May 2018
In 2017, of those who were remanded in custody at magistrates’ courts, 79% were held in custody by the police until their first court appearance.
However, the custody figures for police remand status and magistrates’ remand status comprise of defendants who were remanded at any point during the process not necessarily at first arrest or first court appearance.