§ Ms Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many women were sentenced to custodial sentences in Wales in 1997 and in each of the previous 10 years; [38947]
(2) how many women have been sentenced to custodial sentences in Wales in the first three months of 1998. [38948]
§ Mr. MichaelInformation taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings database is given in the table for the years 1987 to 1996. Data for 1997 will not be available until this autumn, with 1998 figures becoming available in the autumn of the next year.