Remand in Custody: Females

(asked on 23rd March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion, of women who were remanded into custody at (a) magistrates' courts, and (b) crown courts, did not subsequently receive an immediate custodial sentence, in each of the last five years.


This question was answered on 6th April 2022

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the remand status and outcome of defendants in England and Wales at magistrates’ courts in the Remands: Magistrates' Court data tool: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987718/remands-magistrates-court-tool-2020.xlsx and at Crown Court in the Remands: Crown Court data tool here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987720/remands-crown-court-tool-2020.xlsx.

The data requested is in the tables below:

Table 1: Number of female defendents with remand status of custody at magistrates' court and outcome of immediate custody, England and Wales, 2016-2020*

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Total remanded in custody

3756

3860

3460

3345

3022

Total outcome: not immediate custody

2990

3164

2851

2769

2551

Total outcome: immediate custoday

766

696

609

576

471

Proportion remanded in custody not receiving an immediate custodial sentence

80%

82%

82%

83%

84%

Source: Remands: Magistrates' Court data tool (Ministry of Justice: Data & Analysis)

Table 2: Number of female defendents with remand status of custody at Crown Court and outcome of immediate custody, England and Wales, 2016-2020*

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Total remanded in custody

2068

2045

1806

1912

1775

Total outcome: not immediate custody

892

844

728

771

730

Total outcome: immediate custody

1176

1201

1078

1141

1045

Proportion remanded in custody not receiving an immediate custodial sentence

43%

41%

40%

40%

41%

Source: Remands: Remands: Crown Court data tool (Ministry of Justice: Data & Analysis)

Notes

*Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

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