Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were held on remand in prison for longer than (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) two years as of 30 September (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.

Information relating to the time spent on custodial remand is not centrally held by the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the data to answer this question would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.