To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indeterminate sentences have been imposed pursuant to Section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 since the Act was implemented. (97252)

Statistics on court sentencing are due to be published in ‘Sentencing Statistics 2005’, a Home Office statistical bulletin, early in the new year.

However, data on persons received into custody for indeterminate sentences under section 225 or 226 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 during the period April 2005 to March 2006 will be contained in Home Office statistical bulletin ‘Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005’ due for publication in December.