Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 February 2002. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 February 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January, 379 c515W, how many of the seven custodial sentences were for (a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) more than 12 months; and what the length of the longest custodial sentence was. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 31 January 2002, Official Report, column 515W, how many of the seven custodial sentences were for (a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) more than 12 months; and what the length of the longest custodial sentence was. [35255] Dawn Primarolo: Of the seven custodial sentences: (a) three were for less than six months; (b) there were none between six and 12 months; and (c) the remaining four sentences were for over 12 months. The longest sentence was for two and a half years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 35255; 380 c368W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Abuse Administration of justice Custodial treatment Fraud Sentencing Welfare tax credits
Contains statistics: Yes
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