asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures for the proportion of offenders convicted of indictable offences who were sentenced to immediate custody for each year since 1957.
Information for 1975 to 1985 is published in "Criminal Statistics; England and Wales, 1985" (Cm. 10) at table 7.4. Information for years prior to 1975 is as follows. Statistics for 1986 are not yet available.
| Percentage of offenders sentenced for indictable offences at all courts given immediate custody | |
| England and Wales 1957–74 | |
| Year | Percentage sentenced to immediate custody |
| 1957 | 17·3 |
| 1958 | 17·3 |
Year
| Percentage sentenced to immediate custody
|
| 1959 | 17·6 |
| 1960 | 16·8 |
| 1961 | 16·5 |
| 1962 | 16·6 |
| 1963 | 16·1 |
| 1964 | 15·8 |
| 1965 | 15·6 |
| 1966 | 14·6 |
| 1967 | 13·4 |
| 1968 | 13·0 |
| 1969 | 13·3 |
| 1970 | 14·2 |
| 1971 | 13·9 |
| 1972 | 13·3 |
| 1973 | 12·1 |
| 1974 | 11·8 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of offenders convicted of indictable offences received community service orders, probation orders and fines, respectively, in 1986.
Information for 1985 and earlier years is published in "Criminal Statistics; England and Wales, 1985" (Cm. 10) at table 7.4. Statistics for 1986 are not yet available.