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.
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.