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Written question asked by Janet Daby (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. It was answered by Jake Richards (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Offenders

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.

Answer

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

However, data held centrally does not include details on the circumstances around the release of a defendant held on remand.

This information may be held in court records but to examine individual court records would incur disproportionate costs.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
88328
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Offenders Remand in custody
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk