Prison Sentences: Wales
(asked on 7th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male offenders aged under 21 were sentenced to immediate custody in courts in each police force area in Wales in each year from 2010 to 2016; and what the custody rate for indictable offences was during that period.
The number of male offenders aged over 10 and under 21 sentenced to immediate custody, and the custody rate for indictable offences, at all courts in Wales, by police service area, from 2010 to 2015, is provided in the table below.
Male offenders aged under 21 sentenced at all courts to immediate custody for all offences, and custody rate for indictable offences, by police area, Wales, 2010 to 2015 (1)(2) | |||
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Year | Police Area | Immediate custody | Custody rate for Indictable offences (3) |
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2010 | North Wales | 251 | 65% |
| Gwent | 176 | 64% |
| South Wales | 567 | 72% |
| Dyfed Powys | 67 | 58% |
2011 | North Wales | 188 | 77% |
| Gwent | 151 | 60% |
| South Wales | 480 | 72% |
| Dyfed Powys | 67 | 67% |
2012 | North Wales | 166 | 83% |
| Gwent | 169 | 73% |
| South Wales | 343 | 68% |
| Dyfed Powys | 46 | 63% |
2013 | North Wales | 121 | 63% |
| Gwent | 126 | 83% |
| South Wales | 312 | 66% |
| Dyfed Powys | 41 | 89% |
2014 | North Wales | 104 | 54% |
| Gwent | 133 | 77% |
| South Wales | 315 | 66% |
| Dyfed Powys | 57 | 56% |
2015 | North Wales | 107 | 59% |
| Gwent | 104 | 50% |
| South Wales | 280 | 59% |
| Dyfed Powys | 47 | 40% |
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2010 | Total Wales | 1,061 | 68% |
2011 | 886 | 70% | |
2012 | 724 | 73% | |
2013 | 600 | 69% | |
2014 | 609 | 65% | |
2015 | 538 | 57% | |
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(1) The sentence shown is the most severe sentence given for the principal offence (i.e. the principal sentence), secondary sentences given for the principal offence and sentences for non-principal offences are not counted in the tables. | |||
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(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||
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(3) The proportion of offenders sentenced for indictable offences who are sentenced to immediate custody. | |||
Statistics for 2016 are not currently available, but will be published in due course.