Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number was of previous prison sentences of less than six months served by people currently in prison for (a) less than six months and (b) less than 12 months.
It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the average number of previous prison sentences of less than 6 months served by people currently in prison for (a) less than 6 months and (b) less than 12 months without incurring disproportionate cost.