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Written Question
Criminal Justice Board
Monday 5th June 2023

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the last Criminal Justice Board meeting took place; and when the next one will take place.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

The Criminal Justice Board last met on 12 July 2021. We are looking to hold the next meeting later this year.


Written Question
Local Criminal Justice Boards
Monday 5th June 2023

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Local Criminal Justice Boards there are in (1) England, and (2) Wales.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

There are 41 Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) in total, 37 in England and 4 in Wales.

Information on the running and membership of LCJBs can be found in the National Guidance at: National Guidance for Local Criminal Justice Boards (publishing.service.gov.uk).


Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022

"My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar. Because she set out the arguments so well and so fully, there is very little more that I need to say—save that, in standing, I want to demonstrate that this is not a party-political issue; this is a matter of constitutional …..."
Lord Garnier - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022

"I apologise for intervening. I forgot to refer to my interests in the register. I am a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and am connected to a number of other prison welfare bodies...."
Lord Garnier - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022

"Does my noble and learned friend think it appropriate that a political Minister should be the conveyor of a single view—the only view—on a matter for quasi-judicial discussion?..."
Lord Garnier - View Speech

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Written Question
Prison Sentences
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received an extended determinate sentence with a custodial period of 10 years or more in each year since 2012; and of those, how many were aged (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 or over, at the time of sentencing.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on detailed sentence and custodial sentence length, in England and Wales, for the years 2017 to 2021, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).

In this dataset, the age range for offenders 25 and over was not broken down further prior to 2017 – please refer to note 5 in the tables. Further breakdowns by age range are therefore not available before 2017. Where data is provided for 2012 to 2017, the 25 + age range is aggregated.

The data requested is provided in the attached tables.


Written Question
Prison Sentences: Older People
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people aged 70 or over received an extended determinate sentence with a custodial period of 10 years or more in each year since 2012.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on detailed sentence and custodial sentence length, in England and Wales, for the years 2017 to 2021, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).

In this dataset, the age range for offenders 25 and over was not broken down further prior to 2017 – please refer to note 5 in the tables. Further breakdowns by age range are therefore not available before 2017. Where data is provided for 2012 to 2017, the 25 + age range is aggregated.

The data requested is provided in the attached tables.


Written Question
Prison Sentences: Older People
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people aged 60 to 69 received an extended determinate sentence with a custodial period of 20 years or more in each year since 2012.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on detailed sentence and custodial sentence length, in England and Wales, for the years 2017 to 2021, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).

In this dataset, the age range for offenders 25 and over was not broken down further prior to 2017 – please refer to note 5 in the tables. Further breakdowns by age range are therefore not available before 2017. Where data is provided for 2012 to 2017, the 25 + age range is aggregated.

The data requested is provided in the attached tables.


Written Question
Prison Sentences: Older People
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people aged 80 or over received a determinate custodial sentence of (1) 10 years to less than 15 years, (2) 15 years to less than 20 years, and (3) 20 years or more, in each year since 2012.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

Responses are collated from two different data sources. Please refer to the footnotes of the tables to understand the differences.

HL1598 and HL1599:

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on detailed sentence and custodial sentence length, in England and Wales, for the years 2017 to 2021 available, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).

In this dataset, the age range for offenders 25 and over was not broken down further prior to 2017 – please refer to note 5 in the tables. Further breakdowns by age range are therefore not available before 2017.

The data requested is provided in the attached tables. Please note that court data records length as the custodial period specified in the sentence.

HL1594 and HL1595:

Requested information can be found in the attached data tables.

The sentence length information is the Judicially Imposed Sentence Length (JISL) which reflects the custodial period plus time to be served on post-release Probation supervision.


Written Question
Prison Sentences: Older People
Thursday 21st July 2022

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people aged 70 to 79 received a determinate custodial sentence of 20 years or more in each year since 2012.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

Responses are collated from two different data sources. Please refer to the footnotes of the tables to understand the differences.

HL1598 and HL1599:

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on detailed sentence and custodial sentence length, in England and Wales, for the years 2017 to 2021 available, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB).

In this dataset, the age range for offenders 25 and over was not broken down further prior to 2017 – please refer to note 5 in the tables. Further breakdowns by age range are therefore not available before 2017.

The data requested is provided in the attached tables. Please note that court data records length as the custodial period specified in the sentence.

HL1594 and HL1595:

Requested information can be found in the attached data tables.

The sentence length information is the Judicially Imposed Sentence Length (JISL) which reflects the custodial period plus time to be served on post-release Probation supervision.