Q. First Offenders: Sentencing

First Offenders: Sentencing

(asked on 7th September 2016) - View Source

Questioner

Philip Davies
(Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced for a first offence of wounding with intent in each of the last 10 years; what the sentence was in each such case; and what the average sentence was by sex for that offence in each such year.

Answered by

Sam Gyimah

This question was answered on 16th September 2016

Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, taking into account all the circumstances of the offence and the offender. Courts must follow sentencing guidelines and there will be many factors which will account for different sentencing outcomes, including the nature and seriousness of the offence committed, and whether there was a guilty plea.

The number of men and women sentenced for a first offence of wounding with intent in each of the last 10 years from year ending March 2007, the sentence imposed, and the average custodial sentence length is shown in the tables below.

Number of offenders sentenced for their first wounding with intent offence, by gender and sentencing outcome, England and Wales, annually from year ending March 2007.
											Numbers
	Sentencing Outcome	Year Ending March
	Sentencing Outcome	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
All Offenders¹		3,240	2,611	2,533	2,868	3,046	2,946	2,641	2,275	1,763	1,594
	Absolute Discharge	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
	Conditional Discharge	13	9	3	5	9	5	3	1	2	1
	Fine	11	8	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	3
	Community Sentence	388	196	130	142	228	170	91	84	59	46
	Suspended Sentence	387	267	242	319	393	290	313	312	110	63
	Immediate Custody	2,325	2,014	2,047	2,284	2,281	2,341	2,126	1,787	1,506	1,405
	Other Disposal	116	115	108	117	131	137	107	87	83	76
Male Offenders		2,926	2,370	2,290	2,584	2,709	2,631	2,355	2,048	1,631	1,476
	Absolute Discharge	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Conditional Discharge	12	8	1	3	6	5	3	1	1	1
	Fine	10	8	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	2
	Community Sentence	298	165	97	104	185	116	68	69	49	40
	Suspended Sentence	304	206	185	233	300	217	223	229	86	53
	Immediate Custody	2,205	1,889	1,910	2,139	2,097	2,173	1,971	1,670	1,421	1,317
	Other Disposal	97	92	94	104	117	117	89	76	71	63
Female Offenders		312	240	242	283	335	311	283	225	129	114
	Absolute Discharge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Conditional Discharge	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
	Fine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Community Sentence	89	31	33	37	42	52	23	15	10	6
	Suspended Sentence	82	61	57	86	92	73	90	82	24	10
	Immediate Custody	120	124	136	145	184	166	152	116	82	85
	Other Disposal	19	23	14	13	14	20	18	11	12	12
*Source:* Ministry of Justices extract of the Police National Computer

1. All offenders includes cases where gender is unknown.
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). It is therefore possible that some offenders presented in the table above have previously also received convictions for offences not recorded on the PNC.

Average custodial sentence lengths¹ for offender's first wounding with intent offence by gender, England and Wales, annually from year ending March 2007.
										Average custodial sentence lengths (months)
	Year Ending March
Gender	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
All offenders²	36.8	38.2	43.9	43.2	43.5	50.4	56.8	59.1	72.5	76.4
Males offenders	37.2	38.7	44.2	43.9	44.5	50.9	57.5	59.8	73.7	77.3
Females offenders	29.2	31.9	38.7	32.9	32.6	44.8	48.3	48.5	53.9	62.7
*Source*: Ministry of Justices extract of the Police National Computer

1. Excludes life sentences or where sentence length in unknown.
2. All offenders includes cases where gender is unknown.
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). It is therefore possible that some offenders presented in the table above have previously also received convictions for offences not recorded on the PNC.

First Offenders: Sentencing

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