Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 24 July 2024.
Ben Goldsborough
Labour, South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were taken into immediate custody from (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates courts for sentences of (i) less than and (ii) more than six months for each offence classification in each police force area in England and Wales in 2022-23.
Heidi Alexander
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of custodial sentences issued at criminal courts in England and Wales. This includes breakdowns by sex, sentence length, offence group and police force area, and therefore the information requested can be obtained from the following published data:
Magistrates’ courts: Magistrates' court data tool
Crown Court: Crown Court data tool
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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