Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) murders, (b) burglaries, (c) rapes and (d) sex offences against children were committed in the latest year for which information is available; and how many and what proportion of those offences were committed by individuals who were on bail at the time.

This table shows the number of specific offences that were committed in England and Wales in 2014 and the proportion of these offences which were committed by individuals who were on bail.

Source: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)

1.Figures are based on counting the number of offences resulting in a conviction or caution committed by offenders who were prosecuted by police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police.

2. The figures included in this table includes all types of bail, including police bail (prior to first court appearance), and court bail (both magistrates and crown court). For further information regarding bail please see the Court Proceedings section of Criminal Justice Statistics publication: http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/criminal-justice/criminal-justice-statistics

3. All data have been taken from the MoJ extract of the Police National Computer. This includes details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings given for recordable offences (see www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made for definition).

4. Extreme care should be taken when interpreting these figures. Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice regarding offences committed on bail is known to have inaccuracies and does not necessarily represent all the facts in each individual case. There is no mandatory requirement for information in relation to offences committed whilst an individual is on bail to be recorded on the PNC, as police forces will use local systems to manage the defendant population on bail in their jurisdiction.