HL Deb 11 January 2005 vol 668 cc35-6WA
Lord Dholakia

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the number and proportion of offenders convicted of indictable offences who were given custodial sentences by:

Persons sentenced for indictable offences at all courts, those sentenced to immediate custody and the custodial sentence rate, 1992–2003
England and Wales Number of persons
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
The Crown Court
Total number sentenced 81,117 66,980 68,462 71,518 70,864 76,509 77,023 73,852 70,921 68,671 72,870 72,571
Number given custody 36,057 33,074 36,011 40,181 43,425 46,623 47,085 46,400 45,304 43,599 45,865 43,490
Percentage given custody 44.5 49.4 52.6 56.2 61.3 60.9 61.1 62.8 63.9 63.5 62.9 59.9
Magistrates' courts
Total number sentenced 241,416 238,241 243,595 228,890 227,983 241,021 262,613 266,452 253,961 253,195 262,653 259,895
Number given custody 11,796 13,898 17,339 20,195 22,019 25,237 30,227 33,388 35,480 36,674 39,286 37,304
Percentage given custody 4.9 5.8 7.1 8.8 9.7 10.5 11.5 12.5 14.0 14.5 15 0 14.4
All courts
Total number sentenced 322,533 305,221 312,057 300,408 298,847 317,530 339,636 340,304 324,882 321.866 335,523 332,466
Number given custody 47,853 46,972 53,350 60,376 65,444 71,860 77,312 79,788 80,784 80,273 85,151 80,794
Percentage given custody 14.8 15.4 17.1 20.1 21.9 22.6 22.8 23.4 24.9 24.9 25.4 24.3

on the Offenders Index (OI). The Offenders Index only has data available on those convicted of a standard list offence. Offenders classified as first time offenders on the OI may have previous convictions for non-standard list offences; and several offences were added to the standard list in 1996.

  1. (a)Crown Courts;
  2. (b)magistrates' courts; and
  3. (c)any court;

in each year from 1992 to 2003. [HL47]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The information requested, relating to England and Wales, is contained in the table.