§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average sentence for(a) burglary and (b) robbery was in each year since 1972. [90151]
§ Hilary BennThe information requested, relating to average custodial sentence length for persons sentenced for burglary and robbery in England and Wales 1984 to 2001, is contained in the table. Data for earlier years are not available.
Statistics for 2002 will be published in the autumn.
Average custodial sentence length imposed at all courts for persons convicted of offences of burglary and robbery and the number sentenced to life imprisonment England and Wales, 1984 to 20011 Burglary Robbery Average custodial sentence length (months)2 Persons sentenced to life imprisonment3 Average custodial sentence length (months)2 Persons sentenced to life imprisonment3 1984 9.4 — 29.4 — 1985 10 2 30.9 1 1986 10.7 — 35.6 3 1987 11.7 2 38.5 1 1988 12.2 1 37.5 1 1989 12.4 — 37 1 1990 12 — 37.3 2 1991 11.5 — 38.8 4 1992 11.5 — 39 1 1993 11.1 — 38.8 6 1994 11.4 — 39.8 — 1995 12 1 38.2 2 1996 13.8 — 38.1 8 1997 15.8 — 39.1 4 1998 15.5 1 35.3 16 1999 15.7 — 35.7 37 2000 15.9 — 36.1 31 2001 16.6 3 35.4 23 1These data are on the principal offence basis. 2Excludes those sentenced to a life sentence. 3From 1984 to 1997 the numbers sentenced to life imprisonment exclude those who were sentenced under Sec 53(2) Children and Young Persons Act 1933.