Ministry of Justice

Sentencing statistics (annual) (NS)

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The latest annual National Statistics on long-term trends in sentencing in England and Wales.


Both indictable and summary offences are addressed. Trends in custody, community sentences, fines and other disposals are presented with separate figures for magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. Gender and age based sub-groupings are presented as well as sentence length breakdowns and criminal histories.

The report is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

2008

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The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry's analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State; Minister for Criminal Justice; Minister for Offender Management; Permanent Secretary; Special Adviser; Director General, Criminal Justice Group; Head of Better Trials Unit; Policy Official, Women's Unit; Director of Analytical Services; Director of Sentencing Policy; two sentencing policy managers; Senior Press Officer; four press officers.

Home Office: Home Secretary; Permanent Secretary; Minister for Police and Crime Reduction; Head of Crime Strategy; Head of Violent Crime Unit; Head of Crime Strategy; Press Officer.

Office for Criminal Justice Reform: Chief Executive; Strategy Director; Policy Official, Efficiency and Effectiveness Unit.

Attorney General's Office: Attorney General; Solicitor General; Senior Policy Official.

Crown Prosecution Service: Press Officer.