Prisoners: Women
(asked on 27th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many women are currently in prison (1) on remand and (2) serving a sentence.
The information requested is provided below.
Table 1: Number of female prisoners on remand and sentenced on 30 September 2025
Custody type |
|
Remand | 972 |
Sentenced | 2,535 |
Table 2: Number of female prisoners serving determinate sentences broken down by sentence length on 30 September 2025(1)
Sentence length |
|
Less than 4 weeks | 4 |
4 weeks to less than 8 weeks | 3 |
8 weeks to less than 12 weeks | 43 |
3 months to less than or equal to 6 months | 136(2) |
More than 6 months to less than 12 months | 149 |
12 months and over | 1,327 |
Notes
The figures in this table exclude recalled prisoners, as well as non-criminal prisoners and those serving indeterminate sentences.
In order to provide complete data, this figure includes a prisoner serving more than 12 weeks but less than 3 months.