Lord Bishop of Gloucester: MoJ: Written Answers (72)

Written Question

Prison Sentences

Wednesday 27th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence with a tariff of 10 years or more in each year since 2002; and of those, how many were aged (1) 18 to 20, (2) 21to 24, (3) 25 to 29, (4) 30 to 34, (5) 35 to 39, (6) 40 to 49, (7) 50 to 59, (8) 60 to 69, (9) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

By law, prisoners serving life and other indeterminate sentences must complete their tariff in custody and thereafter be released only when the Parole Board concludes that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public for them to remain confined to custody. The Government is committed to supporting prisoners to reduce their risk and so progress towards safe release, but the priority is always to protect the public.

HL1735

The following table shows the number of prisoners that received a life sentence with a tariff of 25 years or more and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29 (5) 30 to 34 (6) 35 to 39 (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (19) 70 years and older, at the time of sentencing, in each year since 2002.

	Age at Sentence (in years)
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70+
2002	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	0	0	0
2003	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0
2005	0	*	9	6	3	8	7	*	0	0
2006	0	3	10	24	9	9	9	4	0	0
2007	0	*	6	13	3	4	6	*	0	0
2008	0	*	11	21	14	7	15	*	0	0
2009	0	*	6	22	7	6	5	5	0	0
2010	0	5	10	12	13	11	8	*	*	0
2011	0	*	16	11	11	6	11	4	*	0
2012	*	6	16	26	14	11	10	*	4	0
2013	0	4	10	21	18	11	13	*	*	0
2014	0	9	26	16	12	6	7	5	*	0
2015	0	5	12	17	10	9	13	4	*	0
2016	*	5	10	12	11	12	10	6	*	0
2017	0	*	17	15	4	12	11	3	0	0
2018	0	5	25	15	15	11	15	9	*	0
2019	0	11	14	20	19	18	11	4	0	0
2020	0	3	15	13	6	14	9	3	*	*
2021	*	14	20	22	19	9	16	5	3	0

HL1736

The following tables show the (1) mean, and (2) median, tariff length for people receiving a life sentence aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59, (i) 60 to 69, and (j) 70 years and older, at the time of sentencing, in each year since 2002.

Table 1 – ages (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	Under 18		18 to 20		21 to 24		25 to 29
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	7	7	9	9	11	11	9	10
2003	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	8
2004	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12
2005	9	8	10	11	13	12	12	13
2006	9	8	14	13	13	14	16	15
2007	11	10	14	14	14	14	16	14
2008	11	11	15	14	16	15	19	17
2009	12	11	15	14	17	16	20	18
2010	12	12	18	19	18	17	18	18
2011	13	13	17	17	20	19	19	18
2012	14	14	19	19	21	20	21	22
2013	11	11	16	15	19	18	20	20
2014	12	13	18	18	21	20	17	16
2015	13	14	18	19	19	19	20	20
2016	14	13	16	16	20	21	17	17
2017	13	13	17	18	20	20	18	19
2018	13	13	18	18	22	23	20	20
2019	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	20
2020	15	15	18	18	22	22	21	22
2021	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	21

Table 2 – ages (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	30 to 34		35 to 39		40 to 49		50 to 59
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
2003	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	4
2004	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	8
2005	11	12	12	12	10	8	12	12
2006	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	12
2007	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13
2008	17	16	16	15	16	14	12	12
2009	17	15	17	15	15	15	18	17
2010	20	19	20	17	17	17	14	13
2011	18	17	18	17	18	18	16	16
2012	19	17	19	17	18	17	16	15
2013	19	17	19	19	17	16	15	14
2014	19	21	17	17	15	15	16	16
2015	17	17	18	20	15	14	15	15
2016	17	17	18	19	16	16	17	15
2017	16	16	17	17	16	16	14	14
2018	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	16
2019	20	20	21	17	17	18	17	18
2020	18	18	20	21	19	19	14	13
2021	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18

Table 3 – ages (i) 60 to 69, and (j) 70 years and older

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	60 to 69		70 and over
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	11	11	8	8
2003	5	5	11	11
2004	10	10	7	7
2005	7	6	NA	NA
2006	12	14	3	3
2007	9	7	9	11
2008	9	8	NA	NA
2009	13	13	NA	NA
2010	15	14	9	9
2011	15	13	NA	NA
2012	19	17	11	11
2013	14	14	9	9
2014	13	10	14	12
2015	18	19	10	9
2016	20	16	11	11
2017	10	10	12	13
2018	15	13	13	13
2019	14	15	14	14
2020	15	14	29	29
2021	18	18	14	14

HL1737

The following tables show the number of prisoners serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) with a tariff of 10 years or more in each year since 2002; and of those, how many were aged (1) 18 to 20, (2) 21to 24, (3) 25 to 29, (4) 30 to 34, (5) 35 to 39, (6) 40 to 49, (7) 50 to 59, (8) 60 to 69, (9) 70 years and older, at the time of sentencing, as at 30 June 2012 to 2021.

Table1 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2016

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2012	30/06/2013	30/06/2014	30/06/2015	30/06/2016

Total	91	95	94	94	92

18 - 20	7	7	6	6	6
21 - 24	15	16	15	14	14
25 - 29	18	20	20	21	21
30 - 34	11	11	11	10	10
35 - 39	8	8	8	8	8
40 - 49	19	20	21	22	21
50 - 59	9	10	10	10	9
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Table 2 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2017 to 30 June 2021

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2017	30/06/2018	30/06/2019	30/06/2020	30/06/2021

Total	90	87	89	84	76

18 - 20	5	5	5	*	0
21 - 24	14	12	12	13	11
25 - 29	20	20	20	19	17
30 - 34	10	11	11	10	11
35 - 39	8	7	7	7	*
40 - 49	21	21	21	20	17
50 - 59	9	8	10	11	10
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Notes for all figures:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

'NA' means not applicable

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Wednesday 27th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) mean, and (2) median, tariff length for people receiving a life sentence aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59, (i) 60 to 69, and (j) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing, in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1735

	Age at Sentence (in years)
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70+
2002	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	0	0	0
2003	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0
2005	0	*	9	6	3	8	7	*	0	0
2006	0	3	10	24	9	9	9	4	0	0
2007	0	*	6	13	3	4	6	*	0	0
2008	0	*	11	21	14	7	15	*	0	0
2009	0	*	6	22	7	6	5	5	0	0
2010	0	5	10	12	13	11	8	*	*	0
2011	0	*	16	11	11	6	11	4	*	0
2012	*	6	16	26	14	11	10	*	4	0
2013	0	4	10	21	18	11	13	*	*	0
2014	0	9	26	16	12	6	7	5	*	0
2015	0	5	12	17	10	9	13	4	*	0
2016	*	5	10	12	11	12	10	6	*	0
2017	0	*	17	15	4	12	11	3	0	0
2018	0	5	25	15	15	11	15	9	*	0
2019	0	11	14	20	19	18	11	4	0	0
2020	0	3	15	13	6	14	9	3	*	*
2021	*	14	20	22	19	9	16	5	3	0

HL1736

Table 1 – ages (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	Under 18		18 to 20		21 to 24		25 to 29
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	7	7	9	9	11	11	9	10
2003	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	8
2004	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12
2005	9	8	10	11	13	12	12	13
2006	9	8	14	13	13	14	16	15
2007	11	10	14	14	14	14	16	14
2008	11	11	15	14	16	15	19	17
2009	12	11	15	14	17	16	20	18
2010	12	12	18	19	18	17	18	18
2011	13	13	17	17	20	19	19	18
2012	14	14	19	19	21	20	21	22
2013	11	11	16	15	19	18	20	20
2014	12	13	18	18	21	20	17	16
2015	13	14	18	19	19	19	20	20
2016	14	13	16	16	20	21	17	17
2017	13	13	17	18	20	20	18	19
2018	13	13	18	18	22	23	20	20
2019	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	20
2020	15	15	18	18	22	22	21	22
2021	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	21

Table 2 – ages (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	30 to 34		35 to 39		40 to 49		50 to 59
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
2003	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	4
2004	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	8
2005	11	12	12	12	10	8	12	12
2006	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	12
2007	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13
2008	17	16	16	15	16	14	12	12
2009	17	15	17	15	15	15	18	17
2010	20	19	20	17	17	17	14	13
2011	18	17	18	17	18	18	16	16
2012	19	17	19	17	18	17	16	15
2013	19	17	19	19	17	16	15	14
2014	19	21	17	17	15	15	16	16
2015	17	17	18	20	15	14	15	15
2016	17	17	18	19	16	16	17	15
2017	16	16	17	17	16	16	14	14
2018	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	16
2019	20	20	21	17	17	18	17	18
2020	18	18	20	21	19	19	14	13
2021	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18

Table 3 – ages (i) 60 to 69, and (j) 70 years and older

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	60 to 69		70 and over
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	11	11	8	8
2003	5	5	11	11
2004	10	10	7	7
2005	7	6	NA	NA
2006	12	14	3	3
2007	9	7	9	11
2008	9	8	NA	NA
2009	13	13	NA	NA
2010	15	14	9	9
2011	15	13	NA	NA
2012	19	17	11	11
2013	14	14	9	9
2014	13	10	14	12
2015	18	19	10	9
2016	20	16	11	11
2017	10	10	12	13
2018	15	13	13	13
2019	14	15	14	14
2020	15	14	29	29
2021	18	18	14	14

HL1737

Table1 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2016

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2012	30/06/2013	30/06/2014	30/06/2015	30/06/2016

Total	91	95	94	94	92

18 - 20	7	7	6	6	6
21 - 24	15	16	15	14	14
25 - 29	18	20	20	21	21
30 - 34	11	11	11	10	10
35 - 39	8	8	8	8	8
40 - 49	19	20	21	22	21
50 - 59	9	10	10	10	9
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Table 2 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2017 to 30 June 2021

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2017	30/06/2018	30/06/2019	30/06/2020	30/06/2021

Total	90	87	89	84	76

18 - 20	5	5	5	*	0
21 - 24	14	12	12	13	11
25 - 29	20	20	20	19	17
30 - 34	10	11	11	10	11
35 - 39	8	7	7	7	*
40 - 49	21	21	21	20	17
50 - 59	9	8	10	11	10
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Notes for all figures:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

'NA' means not applicable

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Wednesday 27th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence with a tariff of 25 years or more and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29 (5) 30 to 34 (6) 35 to 39 (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (19) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing, in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1735

	Age at Sentence (in years)
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70+
2002	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	0	0	0
2003	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0
2005	0	*	9	6	3	8	7	*	0	0
2006	0	3	10	24	9	9	9	4	0	0
2007	0	*	6	13	3	4	6	*	0	0
2008	0	*	11	21	14	7	15	*	0	0
2009	0	*	6	22	7	6	5	5	0	0
2010	0	5	10	12	13	11	8	*	*	0
2011	0	*	16	11	11	6	11	4	*	0
2012	*	6	16	26	14	11	10	*	4	0
2013	0	4	10	21	18	11	13	*	*	0
2014	0	9	26	16	12	6	7	5	*	0
2015	0	5	12	17	10	9	13	4	*	0
2016	*	5	10	12	11	12	10	6	*	0
2017	0	*	17	15	4	12	11	3	0	0
2018	0	5	25	15	15	11	15	9	*	0
2019	0	11	14	20	19	18	11	4	0	0
2020	0	3	15	13	6	14	9	3	*	*
2021	*	14	20	22	19	9	16	5	3	0

HL1736

Table 1 – ages (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	Under 18		18 to 20		21 to 24		25 to 29
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	7	7	9	9	11	11	9	10
2003	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	8
2004	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12
2005	9	8	10	11	13	12	12	13
2006	9	8	14	13	13	14	16	15
2007	11	10	14	14	14	14	16	14
2008	11	11	15	14	16	15	19	17
2009	12	11	15	14	17	16	20	18
2010	12	12	18	19	18	17	18	18
2011	13	13	17	17	20	19	19	18
2012	14	14	19	19	21	20	21	22
2013	11	11	16	15	19	18	20	20
2014	12	13	18	18	21	20	17	16
2015	13	14	18	19	19	19	20	20
2016	14	13	16	16	20	21	17	17
2017	13	13	17	18	20	20	18	19
2018	13	13	18	18	22	23	20	20
2019	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	20
2020	15	15	18	18	22	22	21	22
2021	15	15	19	18	21	21	20	21

Table 2 – ages (e) 30 to 34, (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	30 to 34		35 to 39		40 to 49		50 to 59
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
2003	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	4
2004	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	8
2005	11	12	12	12	10	8	12	12
2006	13	12	12	12	12	10	13	12
2007	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	13
2008	17	16	16	15	16	14	12	12
2009	17	15	17	15	15	15	18	17
2010	20	19	20	17	17	17	14	13
2011	18	17	18	17	18	18	16	16
2012	19	17	19	17	18	17	16	15
2013	19	17	19	19	17	16	15	14
2014	19	21	17	17	15	15	16	16
2015	17	17	18	20	15	14	15	15
2016	17	17	18	19	16	16	17	15
2017	16	16	17	17	16	16	14	14
2018	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	16
2019	20	20	21	17	17	18	17	18
2020	18	18	20	21	19	19	14	13
2021	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18

Table 3 – ages (i) 60 to 69, and (j) 70 years and older

	Age at Sentence (in years)
	60 to 69		70 and over
Year of Sentence	Average	Median	Average	Median
2002	11	11	8	8
2003	5	5	11	11
2004	10	10	7	7
2005	7	6	NA	NA
2006	12	14	3	3
2007	9	7	9	11
2008	9	8	NA	NA
2009	13	13	NA	NA
2010	15	14	9	9
2011	15	13	NA	NA
2012	19	17	11	11
2013	14	14	9	9
2014	13	10	14	12
2015	18	19	10	9
2016	20	16	11	11
2017	10	10	12	13
2018	15	13	13	13
2019	14	15	14	14
2020	15	14	29	29
2021	18	18	14	14

HL1737

Table1 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2012 to 30 June 2016

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2012	30/06/2013	30/06/2014	30/06/2015	30/06/2016

Total	91	95	94	94	92

18 - 20	7	7	6	6	6
21 - 24	15	16	15	14	14
25 - 29	18	20	20	21	21
30 - 34	11	11	11	10	10
35 - 39	8	8	8	8	8
40 - 49	19	20	21	22	21
50 - 59	9	10	10	10	9
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Table 2 – Year of sentence: 30 June 2017 to 30 June 2021

Age at Sentence (in years)	Year of Sentence
	30/06/2017	30/06/2018	30/06/2019	30/06/2020	30/06/2021

Total	90	87	89	84	76

18 - 20	5	5	5	*	0
21 - 24	14	12	12	13	11
25 - 29	20	20	20	19	17
30 - 34	10	11	11	10	11
35 - 39	8	7	7	7	*
40 - 49	21	21	21	20	17
50 - 59	9	8	10	11	10
60 - 69	*	*	*	*	*
70 and over	*	*	*	*	*

Notes for all figures:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

'NA' means not applicable

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Tuesday 26th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence with a tariff of between 20 years to less than 25 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1687

The following table shows the number of prisoners that received a life sentence and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 years of age and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	14	55	88	98	95	94	95	33	10	*
2003	11	55	75	87	86	89	98	34	4	*
2004	16	55	95	105	86	90	114	26	16	*
2005	31	64	109	84	93	99	99	46	9	0
2006	22	65	101	114	78	75	112	30	6	*
2007	25	75	90	77	58	48	78	53	7	5
2008	30	56	95	84	67	53	100	36	19	0
2009	27	67	73	78	55	45	79	29	8	0
2010	18	45	60	78	55	39	59	28	10	*
2011	16	34	59	75	52	42	65	36	13	*
2012	15	49	63	73	61	39	75	34	12	*
2013	14	37	56	69	67	51	67	35	13	*
2014	21	44	77	74	45	40	85	51	9	6
2015	14	40	51	56	53	45	70	31	10	4
2016	10	45	64	58	50	46	86	43	16	3
2017	12	41	59	62	50	55	63	32	9	5
2018	29	54	62	57	57	60	74	46	15	*
2019	30	60	51	76	64	57	66	41	8	5
2020	22	42	53	45	35	37	45	23	3	*
2021	27	77	67	79	62	49	70	23	15	*

HL1688

The following table shows the number of prisoners that received a life sentence with a tariff of between 10 years to less than 15 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40–49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 years of age and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	4	19	38	37	27	26	28	6	3	0
2003	4	20	21	21	24	25	24	4	0	*
2004	6	23	35	31	33	28	35	6	6	*
2005	10	26	38	29	24	26	24	17	*	0
2006	6	23	30	33	27	22	26	11	3	0
2007	11	37	39	25	27	10	26	23	*	*
2008	21	28	36	25	19	18	38	13	4	0
2009	14	32	26	20	20	14	24	6	4	0
2010	12	8	12	10	9	12	15	8	*	*
2011	12	9	17	16	12	11	14	7	8	0
2012	8	9	10	19	13	8	20	12	*	*
2013	7	11	3	12	12	5	17	11	4	0
2014	7	10	8	8	8	9	17	12	*	3
2015	8	5	10	8	12	4	12	7	3	*
2016	4	12	11	13	9	7	13	11	3	0
2017	5	3	5	7	5	8	8	7	3	*
2018	16	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	5	*
2019	12	9	3	6	8	8	11	4	*	4
2020	5	8	*	6	5	5	7	4	*	0
2021	9	11	7	10	6	4	11	3	*	*

HL1689

The following table shows the number of prisoners that received a life sentence with a tariff of between 15 years to less than 20 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 years of age and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	4	15	10	10	11	8	5	*	0
2003	*	3	14	9	16	14	19	*	0	0
2004	0	11	23	23	12	13	15	*	*	0
2005	*	6	17	18	22	12	10	9	*	0
2006	*	14	16	24	8	10	15	3	*	0
2007	3	19	20	22	12	15	16	8	*	0
2008	*	18	22	19	12	15	17	5	*	0
2009	5	15	22	20	16	16	26	9	*	0
2010	*	16	19	28	18	8	21	8	*	0
2011	3	16	14	30	14	13	22	11	*	0
2012	6	16	18	9	19	7	19	9	4	0
2013	*	10	23	14	20	15	18	6	*	0
2014	5	10	24	19	6	8	21	13	*	*
2015	4	14	12	12	13	8	12	9	*	0
2016	3	10	17	6	12	9	27	11	6	*
2017	5	27	16	14	15	16	14	5	*	*
2018	10	21	12	14	14	21	16	14	4	0
2019	17	25	11	23	13	17	19	13	*	*
2020	13	20	10	5	10	6	11	5	0	0
2021	14	36	14	22	21	12	18	8	5	0

HL1690

The following table shows the number of prisoners that received a life sentence with a tariff of between 20 years to less than 25 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	0	*	*	*	*	3	0	*	0
2003	0	*	4	6	3	*	*	*	0	0
2004	0	*	5	11	*	4	4	*	*	0
2005	0	4	10	4	6	8	5	3	*	0
2006	0	9	12	11	7	*	9	*	0	0
2007	0	7	7	*	4	*	*	6	0	0
2008	*	5	15	14	9	5	14	*	0	0
2009	*	10	10	11	6	4	10	4	0	0
2010	*	11	13	20	12	6	8	3	0	0
2011	0	7	10	15	8	9	11	6	0	0
2012	0	16	15	15	10	6	19	7	*	0
2013	0	8	14	14	9	11	7	9	*	0
2014	*	11	14	12	12	10	16	10	*	*
2015	0	10	10	12	9	13	8	3	4	0
2016	0	11	24	13	6	9	14	7	*	0
2017	0	7	15	15	11	6	10	7	0	0
2018	0	18	15	15	16	10	11	6	*	0
2019	0	13	19	18	14	8	13	10	*	0
2020	*	11	23	16	10	5	13	3	0	0
2021	*	11	24	18	9	10	13	*	3	0

Notes for all figures in the tables provided above:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Tuesday 26th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence with a tariff of between 15 years to less than 20 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1687

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	14	55	88	98	95	94	95	33	10	*
2003	11	55	75	87	86	89	98	34	4	*
2004	16	55	95	105	86	90	114	26	16	*
2005	31	64	109	84	93	99	99	46	9	0
2006	22	65	101	114	78	75	112	30	6	*
2007	25	75	90	77	58	48	78	53	7	5
2008	30	56	95	84	67	53	100	36	19	0
2009	27	67	73	78	55	45	79	29	8	0
2010	18	45	60	78	55	39	59	28	10	*
2011	16	34	59	75	52	42	65	36	13	*
2012	15	49	63	73	61	39	75	34	12	*
2013	14	37	56	69	67	51	67	35	13	*
2014	21	44	77	74	45	40	85	51	9	6
2015	14	40	51	56	53	45	70	31	10	4
2016	10	45	64	58	50	46	86	43	16	3
2017	12	41	59	62	50	55	63	32	9	5
2018	29	54	62	57	57	60	74	46	15	*
2019	30	60	51	76	64	57	66	41	8	5
2020	22	42	53	45	35	37	45	23	3	*
2021	27	77	67	79	62	49	70	23	15	*

HL1688

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	4	19	38	37	27	26	28	6	3	0
2003	4	20	21	21	24	25	24	4	0	*
2004	6	23	35	31	33	28	35	6	6	*
2005	10	26	38	29	24	26	24	17	*	0
2006	6	23	30	33	27	22	26	11	3	0
2007	11	37	39	25	27	10	26	23	*	*
2008	21	28	36	25	19	18	38	13	4	0
2009	14	32	26	20	20	14	24	6	4	0
2010	12	8	12	10	9	12	15	8	*	*
2011	12	9	17	16	12	11	14	7	8	0
2012	8	9	10	19	13	8	20	12	*	*
2013	7	11	3	12	12	5	17	11	4	0
2014	7	10	8	8	8	9	17	12	*	3
2015	8	5	10	8	12	4	12	7	3	*
2016	4	12	11	13	9	7	13	11	3	0
2017	5	3	5	7	5	8	8	7	3	*
2018	16	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	5	*
2019	12	9	3	6	8	8	11	4	*	4
2020	5	8	*	6	5	5	7	4	*	0
2021	9	11	7	10	6	4	11	3	*	*

HL1689

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	4	15	10	10	11	8	5	*	0
2003	*	3	14	9	16	14	19	*	0	0
2004	0	11	23	23	12	13	15	*	*	0
2005	*	6	17	18	22	12	10	9	*	0
2006	*	14	16	24	8	10	15	3	*	0
2007	3	19	20	22	12	15	16	8	*	0
2008	*	18	22	19	12	15	17	5	*	0
2009	5	15	22	20	16	16	26	9	*	0
2010	*	16	19	28	18	8	21	8	*	0
2011	3	16	14	30	14	13	22	11	*	0
2012	6	16	18	9	19	7	19	9	4	0
2013	*	10	23	14	20	15	18	6	*	0
2014	5	10	24	19	6	8	21	13	*	*
2015	4	14	12	12	13	8	12	9	*	0
2016	3	10	17	6	12	9	27	11	6	*
2017	5	27	16	14	15	16	14	5	*	*
2018	10	21	12	14	14	21	16	14	4	0
2019	17	25	11	23	13	17	19	13	*	*
2020	13	20	10	5	10	6	11	5	0	0
2021	14	36	14	22	21	12	18	8	5	0

HL1690

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	0	*	*	*	*	3	0	*	0
2003	0	*	4	6	3	*	*	*	0	0
2004	0	*	5	11	*	4	4	*	*	0
2005	0	4	10	4	6	8	5	3	*	0
2006	0	9	12	11	7	*	9	*	0	0
2007	0	7	7	*	4	*	*	6	0	0
2008	*	5	15	14	9	5	14	*	0	0
2009	*	10	10	11	6	4	10	4	0	0
2010	*	11	13	20	12	6	8	3	0	0
2011	0	7	10	15	8	9	11	6	0	0
2012	0	16	15	15	10	6	19	7	*	0
2013	0	8	14	14	9	11	7	9	*	0
2014	*	11	14	12	12	10	16	10	*	*
2015	0	10	10	12	9	13	8	3	4	0
2016	0	11	24	13	6	9	14	7	*	0
2017	0	7	15	15	11	6	10	7	0	0
2018	0	18	15	15	16	10	11	6	*	0
2019	0	13	19	18	14	8	13	10	*	0
2020	*	11	23	16	10	5	13	3	0	0
2021	*	11	24	18	9	10	13	*	3	0

Notes for all figures in the tables provided above:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Tuesday 26th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence with a tariff of between 10 years to less than 15 years, and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40–49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1687

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	14	55	88	98	95	94	95	33	10	*
2003	11	55	75	87	86	89	98	34	4	*
2004	16	55	95	105	86	90	114	26	16	*
2005	31	64	109	84	93	99	99	46	9	0
2006	22	65	101	114	78	75	112	30	6	*
2007	25	75	90	77	58	48	78	53	7	5
2008	30	56	95	84	67	53	100	36	19	0
2009	27	67	73	78	55	45	79	29	8	0
2010	18	45	60	78	55	39	59	28	10	*
2011	16	34	59	75	52	42	65	36	13	*
2012	15	49	63	73	61	39	75	34	12	*
2013	14	37	56	69	67	51	67	35	13	*
2014	21	44	77	74	45	40	85	51	9	6
2015	14	40	51	56	53	45	70	31	10	4
2016	10	45	64	58	50	46	86	43	16	3
2017	12	41	59	62	50	55	63	32	9	5
2018	29	54	62	57	57	60	74	46	15	*
2019	30	60	51	76	64	57	66	41	8	5
2020	22	42	53	45	35	37	45	23	3	*
2021	27	77	67	79	62	49	70	23	15	*

HL1688

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	4	19	38	37	27	26	28	6	3	0
2003	4	20	21	21	24	25	24	4	0	*
2004	6	23	35	31	33	28	35	6	6	*
2005	10	26	38	29	24	26	24	17	*	0
2006	6	23	30	33	27	22	26	11	3	0
2007	11	37	39	25	27	10	26	23	*	*
2008	21	28	36	25	19	18	38	13	4	0
2009	14	32	26	20	20	14	24	6	4	0
2010	12	8	12	10	9	12	15	8	*	*
2011	12	9	17	16	12	11	14	7	8	0
2012	8	9	10	19	13	8	20	12	*	*
2013	7	11	3	12	12	5	17	11	4	0
2014	7	10	8	8	8	9	17	12	*	3
2015	8	5	10	8	12	4	12	7	3	*
2016	4	12	11	13	9	7	13	11	3	0
2017	5	3	5	7	5	8	8	7	3	*
2018	16	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	5	*
2019	12	9	3	6	8	8	11	4	*	4
2020	5	8	*	6	5	5	7	4	*	0
2021	9	11	7	10	6	4	11	3	*	*

HL1689

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	4	15	10	10	11	8	5	*	0
2003	*	3	14	9	16	14	19	*	0	0
2004	0	11	23	23	12	13	15	*	*	0
2005	*	6	17	18	22	12	10	9	*	0
2006	*	14	16	24	8	10	15	3	*	0
2007	3	19	20	22	12	15	16	8	*	0
2008	*	18	22	19	12	15	17	5	*	0
2009	5	15	22	20	16	16	26	9	*	0
2010	*	16	19	28	18	8	21	8	*	0
2011	3	16	14	30	14	13	22	11	*	0
2012	6	16	18	9	19	7	19	9	4	0
2013	*	10	23	14	20	15	18	6	*	0
2014	5	10	24	19	6	8	21	13	*	*
2015	4	14	12	12	13	8	12	9	*	0
2016	3	10	17	6	12	9	27	11	6	*
2017	5	27	16	14	15	16	14	5	*	*
2018	10	21	12	14	14	21	16	14	4	0
2019	17	25	11	23	13	17	19	13	*	*
2020	13	20	10	5	10	6	11	5	0	0
2021	14	36	14	22	21	12	18	8	5	0

HL1690

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	0	*	*	*	*	3	0	*	0
2003	0	*	4	6	3	*	*	*	0	0
2004	0	*	5	11	*	4	4	*	*	0
2005	0	4	10	4	6	8	5	3	*	0
2006	0	9	12	11	7	*	9	*	0	0
2007	0	7	7	*	4	*	*	6	0	0
2008	*	5	15	14	9	5	14	*	0	0
2009	*	10	10	11	6	4	10	4	0	0
2010	*	11	13	20	12	6	8	3	0	0
2011	0	7	10	15	8	9	11	6	0	0
2012	0	16	15	15	10	6	19	7	*	0
2013	0	8	14	14	9	11	7	9	*	0
2014	*	11	14	12	12	10	16	10	*	*
2015	0	10	10	12	9	13	8	3	4	0
2016	0	11	24	13	6	9	14	7	*	0
2017	0	7	15	15	11	6	10	7	0	0
2018	0	18	15	15	16	10	11	6	*	0
2019	0	13	19	18	14	8	13	10	*	0
2020	*	11	23	16	10	5	13	3	0	0
2021	*	11	24	18	9	10	13	*	3	0

Notes for all figures in the tables provided above:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Life Imprisonment

Tuesday 26th July 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to 59, (9) 60 to 69, and (10) 70 and older, at the time of sentencing in each year since 2002.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

HL1687

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	14	55	88	98	95	94	95	33	10	*
2003	11	55	75	87	86	89	98	34	4	*
2004	16	55	95	105	86	90	114	26	16	*
2005	31	64	109	84	93	99	99	46	9	0
2006	22	65	101	114	78	75	112	30	6	*
2007	25	75	90	77	58	48	78	53	7	5
2008	30	56	95	84	67	53	100	36	19	0
2009	27	67	73	78	55	45	79	29	8	0
2010	18	45	60	78	55	39	59	28	10	*
2011	16	34	59	75	52	42	65	36	13	*
2012	15	49	63	73	61	39	75	34	12	*
2013	14	37	56	69	67	51	67	35	13	*
2014	21	44	77	74	45	40	85	51	9	6
2015	14	40	51	56	53	45	70	31	10	4
2016	10	45	64	58	50	46	86	43	16	3
2017	12	41	59	62	50	55	63	32	9	5
2018	29	54	62	57	57	60	74	46	15	*
2019	30	60	51	76	64	57	66	41	8	5
2020	22	42	53	45	35	37	45	23	3	*
2021	27	77	67	79	62	49	70	23	15	*

HL1688

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	4	19	38	37	27	26	28	6	3	0
2003	4	20	21	21	24	25	24	4	0	*
2004	6	23	35	31	33	28	35	6	6	*
2005	10	26	38	29	24	26	24	17	*	0
2006	6	23	30	33	27	22	26	11	3	0
2007	11	37	39	25	27	10	26	23	*	*
2008	21	28	36	25	19	18	38	13	4	0
2009	14	32	26	20	20	14	24	6	4	0
2010	12	8	12	10	9	12	15	8	*	*
2011	12	9	17	16	12	11	14	7	8	0
2012	8	9	10	19	13	8	20	12	*	*
2013	7	11	3	12	12	5	17	11	4	0
2014	7	10	8	8	8	9	17	12	*	3
2015	8	5	10	8	12	4	12	7	3	*
2016	4	12	11	13	9	7	13	11	3	0
2017	5	3	5	7	5	8	8	7	3	*
2018	16	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	5	*
2019	12	9	3	6	8	8	11	4	*	4
2020	5	8	*	6	5	5	7	4	*	0
2021	9	11	7	10	6	4	11	3	*	*

HL1689

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	4	15	10	10	11	8	5	*	0
2003	*	3	14	9	16	14	19	*	0	0
2004	0	11	23	23	12	13	15	*	*	0
2005	*	6	17	18	22	12	10	9	*	0
2006	*	14	16	24	8	10	15	3	*	0
2007	3	19	20	22	12	15	16	8	*	0
2008	*	18	22	19	12	15	17	5	*	0
2009	5	15	22	20	16	16	26	9	*	0
2010	*	16	19	28	18	8	21	8	*	0
2011	3	16	14	30	14	13	22	11	*	0
2012	6	16	18	9	19	7	19	9	4	0
2013	*	10	23	14	20	15	18	6	*	0
2014	5	10	24	19	6	8	21	13	*	*
2015	4	14	12	12	13	8	12	9	*	0
2016	3	10	17	6	12	9	27	11	6	*
2017	5	27	16	14	15	16	14	5	*	*
2018	10	21	12	14	14	21	16	14	4	0
2019	17	25	11	23	13	17	19	13	*	*
2020	13	20	10	5	10	6	11	5	0	0
2021	14	36	14	22	21	12	18	8	5	0

HL1690

	Age at Sentence
Year of sentence	Under 18	18 to 20	21 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 and over
2002	0	0	*	*	*	*	3	0	*	0
2003	0	*	4	6	3	*	*	*	0	0
2004	0	*	5	11	*	4	4	*	*	0
2005	0	4	10	4	6	8	5	3	*	0
2006	0	9	12	11	7	*	9	*	0	0
2007	0	7	7	*	4	*	*	6	0	0
2008	*	5	15	14	9	5	14	*	0	0
2009	*	10	10	11	6	4	10	4	0	0
2010	*	11	13	20	12	6	8	3	0	0
2011	0	7	10	15	8	9	11	6	0	0
2012	0	16	15	15	10	6	19	7	*	0
2013	0	8	14	14	9	11	7	9	*	0
2014	*	11	14	12	12	10	16	10	*	*
2015	0	10	10	12	9	13	8	3	4	0
2016	0	11	24	13	6	9	14	7	*	0
2017	0	7	15	15	11	6	10	7	0	0
2018	0	18	15	15	16	10	11	6	*	0
2019	0	13	19	18	14	8	13	10	*	0
2020	*	11	23	16	10	5	13	3	0	0
2021	*	11	24	18	9	10	13	*	3	0

Notes for all figures in the tables provided above:

Due to rounding, the interquartile range may not equal the difference between the third and first quartiles.

Figures do not include whole-life orders.

Tariff length is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.

Numbers are subject to revision as more data become available.

An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

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. Data has been supplied for as many of the requested years as it is possible to provide within cost limits; earlier years may not be available due to changes in recording over time.

Written Question

Prisoners: Females

Thursday 30th June 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 and above, went to prison in each of the last 10 years; what was the average length of sentence for each of those categories; and what were the 10 most common offences that led to the imprisonment of women during this period.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The information requested is in the attached table.

The Female Offender Strategy, published in June 2018, made it clear we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more managed in the community. Custody is intended as a last resort, for the protection of the public and the punishment and rehabilitation of the offender.

Written Question

Prisons: Restraint Techniques

Thursday 9th June 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of physical restraint took place in the female prison estate on women aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, in each year since 2018.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The requested data on use of force incidents is available for the 12 months ending March 2019 to March 2022. This is detailed in the attached Excel spreadsheet.

Every use of physical force is reviewed, and prison officers receive appropriate training to ensure that it is only used when necessary, reasonable and proportionate, and as a last resort.

Written Question

Prisoners: Females

Thursday 9th June 2022

Asked by: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the ethnic breakdown of women in prison aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, for each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The attached tables show the numbers of female prisoners aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, for each of the last 10 years.

The Female Offender Strategy (FOS), a comprehensive programme of work to improve outcomes for women at all points of the Criminal Justice System, included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority women can be better addressed, and work is underway to deliver this commitment.

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