The average number of days individuals spent on remand from 2012 to 2016 in England and Wales can be viewed in the table below. The remand period covers both defendants and offenders on pre-trial and post-conviction remand who were subsequently sentenced in the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. It does not include those individuals who were remanded in custody and subsequently found not guilty because this data is not held centrally and could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Table 1: Average number of days individuals spent on remand, 2012 to 2016, England and Wales(1) | | | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Mean (all individuals) | 45.3 | 45.4 | 47.6 | 40.8 | 39.2 | Median (all individuals) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Number of individuals (all individuals) | 87,914 | 84,128 | 79,664 | 68,960 | 66,646 | Mean (individuals who spent time on remand)(2) | 104.3 | 103.6 | 97.1 | 101.0 | 100.4 | Median (individuals who spent time on remand)(2) | 54 | 53 | 45 | 55 | 50 | Number of individuals (individuals who spent time on remand)(2) | 38,211 | 36,896 | 39,009 | 27,856 | 26,052 | | | | | | | Source: MoJ JSAS (PQ HL2312) | | | | | | | | | | | The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. | (1) The average number of days that individuals spent on remand has been calculated by taking all sentenced admissions into prison, in a specified year, and the difference has been calculated between the date of sentenced and the first movement date. There were a small number of individuals who did not have a valid first movement date. These records have been removed for quality control purposes, therefore, the number of individuals will not match the number quoted in annual published receptions tables. We do not hold information on the average remand period for defendants who have been held on remand and found not to be guilty on the date of their conviction/sentence hearing. The statistics provided exclude defendants who are held on remand but did not recieve a sentence. The statistics provided only represent sentenced offenders. | (2) A large proportion of individuals are sentenced on the day of their first reception to prison. Therefore, the median number of days spent on remand for all sentenced admissions is 0. The statistics attached to this footnote exclude offenders who have been sentenced on their first reception to prison, therefore, they represent offenders who have been on remand for a day or more. | | | | | | | For information on the terminology used, please see our guide: | | | | | | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633156/guide-to-offender-management-statistics.pdf | | | | | | |
The figures for the mean are inflated by instances of very long periods on remand which is not representative of the general remand population. The median however is not affected in this way and consequently it is the preferred average in this instance. |
