§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of offences triable only on indictment which attracted non-custodial sentences in each of the last three years in which the offender was aged over 21 and had previously served a prison sentence.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 29 October 1990]: Information for 1986 to 1988 for persons aged 21 and over given non-custodial sentences for offences triable only on indictment is given in the table.
It is not possible from the data held centrally to identify those offenders who had previously served a prison sentence.
Data for 1989 are not yet available.
Persons aged 21 and over given non-custodial sentences for offences triable only on indictment 1986 to 1988 England and Wales Year Total sentenced Number given non-custodial sentences per cent. 1986 5,602 1,182 21 1987 6,100 1,165 19 1988 6,411 1,354 21