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Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and who had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v)

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
25 Jul 2024
Answer
31 Jul 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and who had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v)

  2. 25 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 31 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2014 – 2023, on the average sentence length in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence who were convicted of s...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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