Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to question 115878, what was the highest number of previous convictions or cautions recorded for a single offender sentenced for an offence in England and Wales without receiving a custodial sentence in each of 2023, 2024 and 2025; and, for each offender, (a) what offence they were sentenced for on that occasion, (b) what sentence they received, (c) how many previous custodial sentences they had received and (d) in what year their first conviction or caution was recorded.

Sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for the independent judiciary, taking into account all the circumstances of the case, including any aggravating or mitigating factors.

The data requested is provided in the attached excel table. The tables include data covering the period 2023 – 2025.

This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a bespoke retrieval from the Police National Computer database.