Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on remand in each of the last 24 months.

The Ministry of Justice has published information on the total numbers of prisoners held on remand at the end of each month from June 2010 to September 2020.

Data showing the total numbers of prisoners held on remand in each month from 30 September 2018 to 30 June 2020 can be found in Table A1.1 at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/904869/Population_30June2020_Annual.ods, and the total numbers of prisoners held on remand on 31 July 2020, 31 August 2020 and 30 September 2020 can be found in Table 1.1 at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930646/Population_30Sep2020.ods