Sentencing

(asked on 23rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of pre-sentence reports presented to Magistrates Courts contained a sentence recommendation of (a) immediate custody, (b) suspended custody and (c) a community order in the years ending (i) September 2016; (ii) September 2017 and (iii) September 2018 for (A) male and (B) female offenders.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 30th March 2020

The information requested has been provided in the tables below showing the number and proportion of recommendations in pre-sentence reports prepared for Magistrates courts for the years ending September 2016, September 2017, September 2018 and September 2019 where the sentence proposed was Community Order, Immediate Custody or Suspended Custody for Male and Female Offenders.

It should be noted that these figures are based on all pre-sentence reports for which a sentence was given and that the total number of proposed sentences also includes instances where a fine was the proposed sentence.

Female Offenders

Community Order

Immediate Custody

Suspended Custody

All Proposed Sentences

2016

12,044

77%

460

3%

2,653

17%

15,720

2017

9,790

75%

401

3%

2,366

18%

13,014

2018

10,086

83%

301

2%

1,371

11%

12,188

2019

10,785

95%

122

1%

45

0%

11,355

Male Offenders

Community Order

Immediate Custody

Suspended Custody

All Proposed Sentences

2016

60,312

73%

4,211

5%

16,145

19%

82,949

2017

48,209

71%

3,328

5%

14,731

22%

68,022

2018

50,720

80%

2,546

4%

8,192

12%

63,026

2019

55,123

95%

1,559

3%

275

0%

58,231

(1) Excludes breach, deferred sentence and court review reports.

(2) Community Orders includes all pre-Criminal Justice Act 2003 community sentences.

(3) Excludes pre-sentence reports where information on the proposed sentence is not available.

(4) Excludes pre-sentence reports where the proposed sentence was an absolute/conditional discharge or other sentence.

(5) The total for proposed sentences includes fines.

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