Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial in each of the last five years.

The number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail in each of the last five years can be viewed in the table below:

Table: The number of offences committed by defendants on bail¹, England and Wales², 2017 – 2021

Source: MoJ Extract of the Police National Computer (PNC)

Notes:

1 - The number of offences in this table are those committed on bail. We do not have a definitive indication of offences committed whilst awaiting trial.

2 - England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.