Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women are currently in prison; and how many of these women are on remand.

As at 30 June 2021 there were 3,196 women in prison of which 643 were on remand. This can be found at:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006269/Population_30June2021_quarterly.ods

The number of women in prison serving a sentence of (1) 0–1 months, (2) 2–3 months, (3) 4–6 months, (4) 7–12 months, (5) 13–24 months, and (6) over 24 months is in the table below.

The number of female prisoners serving determinate sentences by sentence length ¹

Notes

1) This table only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, are excluded from the table. Prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included in this table.

2) The sentence length banding has been adjusted to remove any gaps in time between the bands specified in the request.

Data sources and quality

The figures in this table 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.

Source: Prison NOMIS

As noted on the table it only includes prisoners who have a recorded judicially imposed sentence length. Prisoners who are serving life or imprisonment for public protection sentences, or have been recalled, or are non-criminals, including those held on immigration grounds, are excluded from the table, but prisoners serving a sentence for defaulting on a fine are included. For more information on other sentence types, please see Table 1.1.