HC Deb 19 March 2003 vol 401 cc836-7W
Paul Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have taken place in the(a) numbers and (b) percentages of women sentenced to prison in each of the last 10 years. [102856]

Hilary Benn

The information requested is contained in the table.

Females sentenced to immediate custody and as a proportion of all females sentenced. England and Wales
Females aged 10–20 sentenced to immediate custody Females aged 21+ sentenced to immediate custody Total females sentenced to immediate custody Total females sentenced Proportion sentenced to custody (Percentage)
1992 363 1,974 2,337 258,977 0.9
1993 459 2,079 2,538 251,014 1.0
1994 531 2,637 3,168 250,976 1.3
1995 643 3,149 3,792 217,953 1.7
1996 769 3,634 4,403 260,960 1.7
1997 950 4,556 5,506 216,986 2.5
1998 1,187 5,380 6,567 235,494 2.8
1999 1,372 6,132 7,504 220,007 3.4
2000 1,563 6,337 7,900 256,090 3.1
2001 1,515 6,546 8,061 237,497 3.4

Figures for 2002 are not yet available.

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