Question follow-through · 19424
Prisoners on Remand
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners are on remand for (a) summary, (b) either way and (c) indictable offences, by (i) the date of custody and (ii) offence type.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners are on remand for (a) summary, (b) either way and (c) indictable offences, by (i) the date of custody and (ii) offence type.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The requested information has been provided in the attached data table. To note that the ‘date of custody’ represented in this data is ‘30 September 2024’ (i.e. the individuals were in the remand prison population on this date) - this is in line with the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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