Bail
(asked on 24th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders committed offences whilst on bail in the latest year for which information is available.
These tables show (i) the number of offences for which offenders were convicted whilst on bail in England and Wales in 2014 and (ii) the number of offenders convicted of an offence whilst on bail in England and Wales in 2014.
Table 1: Total number of offences1 for which offenders were convicted2 which were committed while on bail, in England and Wales, 2010 and 2014
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All convictions |
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| 2010 | 2014 |
Total | 155,398 | 84,019 |
Source: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)
1. 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).
2. Figures are based on counting all occasions where an offender was given a conviction for an offence whilst on bail and prosecuted by the police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police. If an offender has more than one occasion in 2014 then each occasion will be included in the table.
3. 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.
Table 2: Total number of offenders convicted1 of an offence2 committed while on bail in England and Wales, 2010 and 2014
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All convictions |
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| 2015 | 2014 |
Total | 69,348 | 36,035 |
Source: Ministry of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)
1. Figures are based on counting all occasions where an offender was given a conviction for an offence whilst on bail and prosecuted by the police forces in England and Wales including the British Transport Police. If an offender has more than one occasion in 2014 then each occasion will be included in the table.
2. 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).
3. 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.