Q. Prisoners on Remand: Females

Prisoners on Remand: Females

(asked on 30th November 2015) - View Source

Questioner

Lord Bradley
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many women were on remand in (1) each prison, and (2) each bail hostel, in England and Wales in each month for the past three years.

Answered by

Lord Faulks

This question was answered on 14th December 2015

Table 1 sets out the number of women on remand in each prison in England and Wales at the end of each month for the three years until September 2015, the date of the latest available data.

Table 1: Female remand prison population in England and Wales, September 2012 - September 2015, by establishment

	Establishment
Date	All	Bronzefield	Drake Hall	Downview	Eastwood Park	Foston Hall	Holloway

Sep-12	695	150	0	*	106	53	142
Oct-12	658	162	0	*	86	51	137
Nov-12	619	141	0	0	91	58	123
Dec-12	565	136	0	0	82	41	103
Jan-13	611	135	0	0	99	49	100
Feb-13	619	133	0	0	97	43	93
Mar-13	603	128	0	*	95	39	91
Apr-13	621	124	*	*	94	47	101
May-13	597	111	*	0	98	57	102
Jun-13	601	107	0	0	96	62	94
Jul-13	619	124	0	*	87	62	102
Aug-13	607	110	0	0	86	57	111
Sep-13	665	126	0	0	102	71	109
Oct-13	687	129	0	0	112	76	113
Nov-13	659	97	0	0	107	80	109
Dec-13	635	119	0	0	85	75	103
Jan-14	675	118	0	0	95	62	130
Feb-14	690	125	0	0	89	61	132
Mar-14	715	127	0	0	91	49	130
Apr-14	707	117	0	0	87	47	132
May-14	706	121	0	0	96	58	127
Jun-14	694	111	0	0	85	52	124
Jul-14	698	121	0	0	91	58	118
Aug-14	685	118	0	0	89	58	115
Sep-14	706	144	0	0	99	53	106
Oct-14	671	127	0	0	93	57	111
Nov-14	674	123	0	0	103	59	112
Dec-14	639	103	0	0	99	52	123
Jan-15	626	121	0	*	84	55	122
Feb-15	630	126	0	*	71	56	133
Mar-15	637	120	0	*	66	60	135
Apr-15	631	140	0	*	70	60	112
May-15	645	130	0	*	72	57	117
Jun-15	626	125	0	*	70	56	105
Jul-15	637	119	0	*	71	59	108
Aug-15	665	126	0	*	72	66	108
Sep-15	633	128	0	*	71	57	112


	Establishment
Date	Holloway	Low Newton	New Hall	Peterborough	Send	Styal

Sep-12	142	44	55	67	*	75
Oct-12	137	42	45	62	*	70
Nov-12	123	42	44	60	0	60
Dec-12	103	31	45	60	0	67
Jan-13	100	41	41	64	0	82
Feb-13	93	45	48	69	0	91
Mar-13	91	38	42	72	*	97
Apr-13	101	50	45	64	*	93
May-13	102	44	43	68	*	72
Jun-13	94	30	49	68	0	95
Jul-13	102	39	54	68	*	82
Aug-13	111	38	53	66	0	86
Sep-13	109	35	50	79	0	93
Oct-13	113	31	55	81	0	90
Nov-13	109	35	55	84	0	92
Dec-13	103	32	54	78	0	89
Jan-14	130	34	61	82	0	93
Feb-14	132	37	59	82	0	105
Mar-14	130	46	66	92	0	114
Apr-14	132	44	66	93	0	121
May-14	127	41	73	83	0	107
Jun-14	124	56	75	76	0	115
Jul-14	118	57	62	77	0	114
Aug-14	115	47	62	76	0	120
Sep-14	106	41	64	83	0	116
Oct-14	111	26	56	91	0	110
Nov-14	112	29	60	87	0	101
Dec-14	123	31	53	72	0	106
Jan-15	122	34	51	67	*	91
Feb-15	133	40	44	68	*	91
Mar-15	135	41	48	71	*	95
Apr-15	112	45	49	67	*	87
May-15	117	47	54	70	*	97
Jun-15	105	40	46	76	*	107
Jul-15	108	47	41	87	*	104
Aug-15	108	44	47	87	*	114
Sep-15	112	40	46	82	*	96



Data sources and quality
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.

An asterix (*) has been used to denote where there 5 or fewer prisoners. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

Table 2 details the number of women on bail in Bail Accommodation and Support Service (BASS) properties and the total number of women who have been resident in Approved Premises (APs) accommodation, for each month of the last three years. A breakdown for each bail property could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Table 2: Women on bail in a BASS property or resident in an Approved Premises - October 2012 to November 2015

	BASS accommodation	Approved Premises
Nov 2012	28	8
Dec 2012	31	8
Jan 2013	25	*
Feb 2013	25	6
Mar 2013	26	8
Apr 2013	25	*
May 2013	27	9
Jun 2013	32	7
Jul 2013	29	*
Aug 2013	34	*
Sep 2013	37	*
Oct 2013	35	*
Nov 2013	34	*
Dec 2013	33	*
Jan 2014	29	14
Feb 2014	25	*
Mar 2014	30	*
Apr 2014	23	*
May 2014	27	*
Jun 2014	24	*
Jul 2014	29	*
Aug 2014	31	7
Sep 2014	22	*
Oct 2014	25	*
Nov 2014	38	*
Dec 2014	38	*
Jan 2015	36	*
Feb 2015	36	*
Mar 2015	34	*
Apr 2015	30	*
May 2015	30	*
Jun 2015	26	*
Jul 2015	28	*
Aug 2015	26	*
Sep 2015	23	*
Oct 2015	23	*
Nov 2015	22

(1) An asterix (*) has been used to denote where there 5 or fewer prisoners. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.
(2) The BASS caseload data is a snapshot taken on the first day of each month. AP data is for those women who are resident at the end of each month. It is therefore possible that some women may have arrived and left during a month and would therefore not be counted.
(3) AP data is reported a month in arrears and is therefore not yet available for November 2015.
(4) These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

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. You will also note that is has not been possible to provide data where this relates to 5 or fewer women, as this may enable the identification of individuals.

BASS offers shared private rented accommodation in the community for male and female defendants on bail and for offenders released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC). It does not take anyone accused of violent or sexual offending. APs provide enhanced supervision, particularly of high risk of harm offenders, to ensure compliance with their licence conditions. They mainly accommodate offenders released from custody, although they are available for defendants who cannot be bailed to their own addresses (or are being assessed for bail). APs are staffed 24 hours a day and the average size of a women’s AP is 19 beds.

Prisoners on Remand: Females

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