An improvement in the quality of prison education provision.
Prison Places
25. Mr. Baron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had on the Government's policy on provision of prison places. [240249]
Mr. Hanson:
I keep the progress of the prison capacity building programme under review. I have had discussions with interested parties in developing specific prison capacity projects and with officials on the progress of the capacity building programme.
Sentencing
Mrs. Hodgson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward proposals to give greater publicity to deterrent sentences handed down by the courts. [240242]
Maria Eagle:
My right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr. Straw) has announced our intention to publish the final outcome of criminal court hearings on the internet. This will be a positive measure to enable local communities to know what is happening in their courts. Of course sentencing in individual cases, and the extent to which that is deterrent, is a matter for the court.
Departmental Air Travel
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 252-53W, on departmental air travel, if he will place in the Library the figures for 2007-08. [241711]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
I have been asked to reply.
The MOD Government Carbon Offsetting Fund air travel figures have been placed in the Library of the House.
Prisoners
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) for what offences women were being detained in prison on 1 April in each year since 1997; and how many were being detained for each category of offence in each such year; [241285]
(2) what offences men were being detained in prison on 1 April in each year since 1997; and how many men were being detained for each such category of offence in each such year. [241286]
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Mr. Hanson:
The table shows the number of males and females detained in all prison establishments in England and Wales(1) by offence group as at the end of June in each year since 1997.
The figures for 1997-2007 can be found in table 7.2 of the recently published Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2007, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library and at the following website:
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
England and Wales 30 June
Number of persons
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005( 1)
2006( 1)
2007( 1)
2008( 1)
Male
Remand
11,518
12,168
11,837
10,764
10,288
12,083
12,001
11,544
11,863
12,165
11,953
12,566
Violence against the person
2,114
2,215
2,126
2,012
2,035
2,411
2,403
2,579
2,753
2,981
2,970
3,280
Sexual offences
625
754
695
581
489
587
556
616
762
886
775
911
Robbery
1,158
951
1,126
982
867
1,304
1,157
1,130
1,049
1,248
1,296
1,331
Burglary
2,382
2,202
2,366
1,882
1,634
1,914
1,850
1,451
1,437
1,342
1,374
1,455
Theft and handling
1,576
1,849
1,590
1,640
1,500
1,687
1,580
1,235
1,187
1,093
950
930
Fraud and forgery
202
177
185
146
167
191
207
267
463
415
453
398
Drug offences
1,296
1,617
1,564
1,430
1,320
1,360
1,374
1,310
1,627
1,407
1,647
1,708
Motoring offences
329
294
298
280
353
386
409
308
246
224
140
127
Other offences
1,321
1,586
1,372
1,362
1,187
1,397
1,463
1,604
1,687
1,868
1,667
1,765
Offence not recorded
515
523
515
448
736
846
1,002
1,044
652
703
681
661
Immediate custodial sentence
46,611
49,793
48,862
50,434
51,272
53,936
55,919
57,475
58,703
59,898
62,188
64,600
Violence against the person
10,033
10,524
10,429
10,807
11,301
11,674
12,480
13,371
14,541
15,537
16,929
18,204
Sexual offences
4,069
4,779
4,929
5,070
5,082
5,270
5,514
5,746
6,146
6,561
7,287
7,569
Robbery
6,277
6,449
6,174
6,158
6,534
7,208
7,879
8,056
8,035
8,100
8,437
8,437
Burglary
7,976
8,538
8,622
8,824
8,416
8,917
8,576
8,396
7,844
7,563
7,723
7,733
Theft and handling
3,929
4,097
4,021
4,537
4,347
4,278
4,157
3,988
3,716
3,691
3,332
3,373
Fraud and forgery
1,104
1,080
993
885
941
921
907
1,021
1,281
1,456
1,512
1,725
Drug offences
6,483
7,099
7,294
7,526
8,010
8,749
8,988
9,252
9,427
9,484
9,569
9,992
Motoring offences
1,887
1,898
1,913
2,291
2,417
2,223
2,630
2,364
2,124
1,887
1,453
1,356
Other offences
3,159
3,310
3,265
3,538
3,386
3,686
3,934
4,522
4,954
5,242
5,598
6,068
Offence not recorded
1,694
2,019
1,222
797
838
1,009
852
759
636
378
348
144
Female
Remand
587
735
752
669
773
998
1,072
951
1,001
902
891
874
Violence against the person
101
116
105
99
113
132
138
138
150
124
160
165
Sexual offences
4
7
7
7
3
3
4
7
4
11
9
6
Robbery
40
39
41
38
45
104
117
76
61
68
56
64
Burglary
32
42
53
56
68
86
101
75
74
54
49
67
Theft and handling
149
197
214
178
185
276
275
214
169
180
114
124
Fraud and forgery
22
25
21
19
17
24
33
39
96
68
69
79
Drug offences
124
166
168
152
187
174
171
188
203
163
196
144
Motoring offences
6
6
5
6
6
7
12
5
3
3
6
3
Other offences
87
112
127
97
107
122
161
152
167
149
145
138
Offence not recorded
22
25
11
17
43
70
59
56
74
83
87
84
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Immediate custodial sentence
2,063
2,366
2,431
2,659
2,897
3,336
3,474
3,449
3,476
3,506
3,345
3,524
Violence against the person
391
420
429
410
443
538
506
603
638
678
687
775
Sexual offences
8
16
17
20
25
23
26
27
38
37
48
47
Robbery
161
177
157
195
250
314
407
392
343
315
311
295
Burglary
101
118
158
158
154
239
240
247
238
228
197
203
Theft and handling
334
395
390
507
452
461
494
416
410
435
374
462
Fraud and forgery
121
119
111
131
130
119
115
126
173
236
227
295
Drug offences
691
794
875
947
1,137
1,317
1,342
1,235
1,234
1,163
1,044
990
Motoring offences
28
26
21
37
44
36
59
39
39
33
31
22
Other offences
162
191
199
185
200
225
251
320
335
352
392
418
Offence not recorded
66
110
74
69
61
63
35
45
29
30
35
16
(1) Comparisons by offence group with previous years figures should be made with caution due to further quality assurance of the data introduced for June 2005 onwards. The major difference is in the reduction of the ‘offence not recorded’ category of the remand population.
