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.
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.