Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were sentenced to prison in 2017.
The number of women sentenced to prison in 2017 can be found at the following link:
Please filter by ‘Sex’ and select ’02: Female’ and filter by ‘Sentence Outcome’ and select ’01 Immediate Custody’.
On 27 June we published our strategy for female offenders, which sets out our vision and plan to improve outcomes for women in the community and custody. This strategy sets out the Government’s commitment to a new programme of work for female offenders, driven by our vision to see: