HC Deb 27 February 2002 vol 380 cc1395-6W
Mrs. Brooke

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases involving women were heard at(a) magistrates courts and (b) crown courts in each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of these cases resulted in a sentence of immediate imprisonment. [37789]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The available information, from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, is set out in the table.

Statistics for 2001 are not yet available.

Women proceeded against at court and those sentenced to immediate custody, by month, England and Wales, 2000—Magistrates courts
of which:
Month Women proceeded against1 Sentenced2 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody4
January 23,250 18,125 425 2.3
February 26,822 20,854 562 2.7
March 29,753 23,247 563 2.4
April 23,634 18,571 425 2.3
Women proceeded against at court and those sentenced to immediate custody, by month England and Wales, 2000—Magistrates courts
of which:
Month Women proceeded against1 Sentenced2 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody4
May 27,294 21,482 457 2.1
June 27,319 21,334 611 2.9
July 27,144 21,174 538 2.5
August 26,498 20,744 497 2.4
September 26,871 21,150 463 2.2
October 27,489 21,786 438 2.0
November 31,565 24,700 448 1.8
December 21,901 17,317 351 2.0
Total 319,540 250,484 5,778 2.3

Women proceeded against at court and those sentenced to immediate custody, by month, England and Wales, 2000— The Crown Court
of which:
Month Women tried3 Sentenced3 Given immediate custody Percentage given immediate custody4
January 467 435 145 33.3
February 515 478 195 40.8
March 654 613 214 34.9
April 452 428 152 35.5
May 546 501 195 38.9
June 555 526 197 37.5
July 526 473 179 37.8
August 365 366 149 40.7
September 547 514 200 38.9
October 500 448 177 39.5
November 548 450 172 38.2
December 398 374 147 39.3
Total 6,073 5,606 2,122 37.9
1 Includes only prosecutions against women completed in magistrates courts including those committed for sentence to the Crown Court.
2 Includes those sentenced in the magistrates courts and committed for sentence in the Crown Court.
3 Excludes women committed for sentence.
4 Expressed as a percentage of those sentenced.