§ Baroness Faithfullasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many male and female prisoners respectively in 1994 had (a) no previous convictions and (b) one or two previous convictions.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Baroness Faithfull from the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Derek Lewis, dated 19/7/95.
Lady Blatch has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many male and female prisoners respectively in 1994 had (a) no previous convictions and (b) one or two previous convictions.
The most recent available information is given in the attached table.
Population under sentence 1 in Prison Service establishments, on 30 June 1993, by number of previous convictions2: England and Wales
Percentage4 of the total Total Previous convictions not found3 Nil 1 or 2 3 or more Males 31,375 5 17 16 63 Females 1,125 11 38 20 30 Notes: 1 Excludes fine defaulters. 2 Based on a sample of 6,677 males. Previous convictions are for "standard list" offences, counting one conviction per court appearance. Offences of the 'standard list' include all indictable and triable either way offences and some of the more serious summary offences. 3 "Not found" relates to the absence of a match between the prisoner and the available records on previous convictions for standard list offences. 4 On account of rounding percentages for males do not add to 100.
§ Baroness Faithfullasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many sentenced males and females respectively were received into prison in 1994 in each of the main offence groups (a) including fine defaulters and (b) excluding fine defaulters.
§ Baroness BlatchResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Baroness Faithfull from the Director General of the Prison Service, Mr. Derek Lewis, dated 19/7/95.
Lady Blatch has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for an offence breakdown of sentenced prison receptions in 1994.
Provisional information for receptions of sentenced prisoners in 1994 is contained in the attached table.
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Sentenced Receptions into Prison Service establishments in 1994, by sex and offence group, including and excluding fine defaulters1 Receptions Including fine defaulters Receptions Excluding fine defaulters Principal offence Male Female Male Female Violence against the person 9,515 464 8,275 392 Sexual offences 1,898 7 1,888 7 Burglary 11,736 143 10,624 125 Robbery 2,818 115 2,800 112 Theft and handling 13,368 1,302 10,098 1,059 Fraud and forgery 2,354 307 1,794 223 Drugs offences 3,460 294 3,091 283 Other offences 27,606 1,340 15,605 461 Offence not recorded 6,841 414 4,131 290 All offences 79,596 4,386 58,306 2,952 1 Provisional figures.