Belmarsh Prison

(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in HMP Belmarsh for what offences were first time offenders on 31 December 2013.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 25th November 2014

Of the 454 prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 that were matched on the PNC, 57 were recorded as first time offenders. A breakdown of their offences is given in the table below.

The figures provided have been drawn from an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Department. The PNC holds details of all convictions and cautions given for recordable offences committed in England and Wales. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

First time offenders in Belmarsh Prison on 31 December 2013 - by offence type of first offence (using new ONS crime classifications)1

Offence Category

Number

Violence against the person

13

Sexual offences

12

Robbery

2

Theft Offences

2

Drug offences

12

Possession of weapons

1

Public order offences

4

Miscellaneous crimes against society

8

Fraud offences

3

Total

57

Source: MOJ Police National Computer

(1) See 'Presentational changes to National Statistics on police recorded crime in England and Wales'. Office for National Statistics Methodology Note, 18 July 2013: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/crime-statistics-methodology/presentational-change-on-police-recorded-crime-inengland-and-wales.pdf

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