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(asked on 4th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders were found guilty in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts for each category of offence in the latest year for which figures are available.


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Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 11th May 2016

The number of offenders found guilty at magistrates’ courts and in the Crown Courts, by offence category and sex, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), is available on the Ministry of Justice website at the below link, from which the percentage of male and female offender can be calculated.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014

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