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Prison Sentences

Asked by Damian HindsConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 65242

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of people in prison on custodial sentences was in each of the last 20 years.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Information on the number of people in prison on custodial sentences is published as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly.

Data from 2002-2015 can be found in Table 1.Leg.1 at the following link: Prison-population-2002-to-2015.ods.

Data from 2015-2024 can be found in Table 1.A.1 at the following link: Prison-population-2015-to-2024.ods.

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