Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of (i) male and (ii) female offenders were sent to prison by (A) offence type and (B) number of previous convictions at the time of sentence in each of the last five years.
The number of men and women who entered prison, by offence type, in each of the last five years is available on gov.uk. The figures relating to the number of previous convictions received by those individuals could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.