<p>The category of offences that women who died in prison were serving sentences for in each year from 2007 to 2016 are shown below in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of women who died in prison that were on remand at the time of death, in each year from 2007 and 2016 is shown below in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of deaths<sup>1</sup> of female prisoners by offence type, 2007 to 2016, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary Non-Motoring</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Number of deaths<sup>1</sup> of female prisoners who were on remand at the time of death, 2007 to 2016, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Remand</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Deaths in prison custody figures include all deaths of prisoners arising from incidents during prison custody. They include deaths of prisoners while released on temporary license (ROTL) for medical reasons but exclude other types of ROTL where the state has less direct responsibility. In recent years, approximately one half of natural cause deaths in prison custody actually occur in hospitals or hospices.</p><p> </p><p>Data Sources and Quality</p><p>These figures are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new information emerges numbers may change from time to time.</p>