Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women currently in prison are aged (1) under 21, (2) 21–30, (3) 31–35, (4) 36–40, (5) 41–50, (6) 51–60, and (7) over 60, years old.
It is not possible to give figures for the number of sentenced women who did not have a pre-sentence report (PSR), as this would involve a process of matching court record data with probation data and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.
Regarding the women’s prison population according to age, as at 30 June 2019, the total number of female prisoners was 3,770. The age distribution is shown in the table below:
Age |
|
Under 21 | 115 |
21-30 | 1,011 |
31-35 | 696 |
36-40 | 690 |
41-50 | 784 |
51-60 | 366 |
Over 60 | 108 |