§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison sentences of five years and more were handed down in(a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001. [27894]
§ Beverley HughesThe information held centrally on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, relating to England and Wales, shows that 3,823 persons were sentenced to immediate custody for five years or over in 1998, 4,009 in 1999 and 4,033 in 2000.
Statistics for 2001 are not yet available.