§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of women under sentence in prisons in England and Wales have been convicted of(a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery and (d) other offences. [37788]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 27 February 2002]: Provisional data show that around 15 per cent. of all sentenced female prisoners in prisons in England and Wales on 31 January 2002 were convicted of violence against the person. Approximately 9 per cent. were convicted of robbery, and around 1 per cent. of sexual offences. The remaining 75 per cent. were convicted of other criminal offences.