Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences were given to first-time offenders in England and Wales in each year since 2008.
The number of custodial sentences given to first time offenders in England and Wales is available in the document “Offending History Data Tool: First Time Entrants Statistics” at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017
This data covers the latest available calendar year figures (i.e. the 12 months ending December 2007 to the 12 months ending December 2017)