Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Thursday, 11 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 May 2006. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 5 June 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Intermediate Custodial Sentences

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many defendants received immediate custodial sentences from (a) Wrexham magistrates court and (b) Crown courts to which defendants were committed from Wrexham magistrates court in the last five years for which records are available.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Defendants sentenced and those receiving immediate custody at Wrexham magistrates court and at the Crown court having been committed from Wrexham magistrates court
	Wrexham magistrates court	The Crown court (having been committed from Wrexham MC)
	Total defendants sentenced	Number given immediate custody	Total defendants sentenced	Number given immediate custody
2000	4,061	190	200	146
2001	3,778	161	138	107
2002	4,780	202	141	98
2003	4,826	171	208	166
2004	5,818	199	159	119
Source: RDS-NOMS 16 May 2006

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