Lord Bishop of Gloucester: MoJ: Written Answers (89)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

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 - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

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.

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 how many women in prison aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, have previously been in local authority care in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to meeting the needs of all vulnerable offenders, including those who have previously been in local authority care. All individuals that come into contact with the criminal justice system need to be able to access the right support to help them engage with their sentence.

HMPPS has a Strategy for Care Experienced People which is based on the assessment of needs specific to this group. The strategy focuses on identifying people with care experience and collaborative working with local authorities and other organisations, helping individuals to receive the necessary support.

HMPPS holds a limited amount of the information requested. Since 2015, as part of the basic custody screening interview, we have recorded the answers of all new prisoners coming into custody as to whether or not they have been in the care of local authority children’s services at any time. The information is purely self-declared.

Age when BCS Part 1 Completed	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 TYD up to and including 31/03/2021
Age 18 to 25	281	285	233	206	214	143	134	49
Age 26 or over	709	772	678	701	657	467	460	151

The data for 2022 is up to and including 31 March which is the most recent date for which it can be verified. It should be noted that individual prisoners admitted to custody on separate occasions could be included in multiple years across this data.

Written Question

Prisons: Discipline

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 adjudications were received by women in prison aged (1) 18 to 25, or (2) 26 years or older, for each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The prisoner discipline system upholds justice in prisons and ensures incidents of prison rule-breaking have consequences. The Ministry of Justice monitors adjudication outcomes by offence, age, gender, ethnicity, religion and adjudicator, this data is published quarterly and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.

The specific information requested can be found in the table attached. The information is provided by the age groupings of (1) 18-25 and (2) 26 and over, to provide full data to answer the question.

Number of adjudications outcomes for women and specific age group, 2012 - 2021, England and Wales

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Age
18-25	2,655	2,002	2,140	2,326	1,929	2,680	2,645	2,248	1,739	1,750
26 and over	4,720	4,589	4,996	5,667	6,348	7,817	8,834	8,720	6,450	6,034

Data sources and quality

The figures in this table 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.

Source: PQ HL532, Prison NOMIS System, (Ministry of Justice; Data and Analysis, Directorate)

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 is the average number of miles that women in prison aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, are held from their home address.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The requested information can be found in the table below. It covers all prisoners housed in female prisons across England and Wales and was accurate as of 31st March 2022.

Distance	Age group		Total
Distance	18-25	26+	Total
Total number of prisoners	399	2840	3239
Average straight-line distance (Miles)	43.2	45.6	45.3

HMPPS is committed to ensuring, where practicable, that prisoners are accommodated as close as possible to their resettlement communities and families. Whilst this is a priority, it is not always possible due to a variety of factors including wider population pressures, or where prisoners have specific sentence planning needs which can only be met at certain establishments.

There are complex and wide-ranging issues involved in transferring and locating prisoners, and allocation decisions must reflect both the specific needs and circumstances of the prisoner, including their security assessment, as well as the operating environment and range of services at the receiving prison.