Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first-time offenders (a) of each ethnic group and (b) for each offence were sentenced to immediate custody in the latest year for which figures are available.

This information is published routinely in the Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly bulletin, and can be accessed from the Offending History data tool from the following web link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2015