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Written question asked by Baroness Fall (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 June 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 July 2018. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 July 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisoners: Women

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total number of women who have been in prison over the last two decades.

Answer

This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

However, the total first receptions for female offenders in each of the years in the last two decades can be found in the attached tables. Please refer to ‘female first receptions’ in Tables A2.1i (2015 to 2017) and A2.1ii (1993 to 2014).

The definition for first reception is a unique individual first received into prison custody from court for a particular set of offences committed. This gives the best indication of the number of new prisoners in the reporting period.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8848
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Table
Subjects
Women Prisoners
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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