Question follow-through · 109198
Burglary: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) convicted for burglary and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for burglary.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) convicted for burglary and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for burglary.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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