Gavin Shuker: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were serving a custodial sentence of (a) five years or fewer, (b) four years or fewer, (c) three years or fewer, (d) two years or fewer and (e) one year or less for each category of offence in the latest period for which figures are available.[32361]
[Official Report, 21 December 2010, Vol. 520, c. 1166W.]
Letter of correction from Mr Crispin Blunt:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Luton South (Gavin Shuker) on 21 December 2010. The figures in the table supplied on the breakdown of the custodial prison population for various sentence lengths by offence group for 30 September 2010 are incorrect.
The full answer given was as follows:
The following table provides information on custodial sentences in prison establishments in England and Wales by sentence length band and offence category as at 30 September 2010.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Sentence length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Offence category | Less than five years | Less than four years | Less than three years | Less than two years | Less than one year |
Violence against the person | 7,033 | 5,991 | 4,846 | 3,535 | 1,761 |
Sexual offences | 2,315 | 1,753 | 1,232 | 720 | 212 |
Robbery | 3,513 | 2,486 | 1,500 | 619 | 143 |
Burglary | 5,053 | 4,188 | 2,954 | 1,526 | 507 |
Theft and handling | 3,719 | 3,517 | 3,207 | 2,768 | 2,047 |
Fraud and forgery | 1,225 | 1,066 | 903 | 698 | 324 |
Drug offences | 5,866 | 4,370 | 2,677 | 1,085 | 229 |
Motoring offences | 877 | 857 | 823 | 759 | 547 |
Other offences | 4,851 | 4,383 | 3,849 | 3,234 | 2,234 |
Offences not recorded | 190 | 159 | 128 | 107 | 92 |
The correct answer should have been:
The following table provides information on custodial sentences in prison establishments in England and Wales by sentence length band and offence category as at 30 September 2010.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Sentence length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Offence category | Less than five years | Less than four years | Less than three years | Less than two years | Less than one year |
Violence against the person | 7,097 | 5,951 | 4,594 | 3,154 | 1,736 |
Sexual offences | 2,882 | 1,742 | 1,245 | 721 | 208 |
Robbery | 3,394 | 2,484 | 1,730 | 930 | 142 |
Burglary | 4,596 | 4,144 | 2,963 | 1,719 | 499 |
Theft and handling | 3,594 | 3,484 | 3,016 | 2,514 | 2,019 |
Fraud and forgery | 1,166 | 1,060 | 826 | 573 | 322 |
Drug offences | 5,840 | 4,306 | 2,997 | 1,600 | 224 |
Motoring offences | 847 | 835 | 737 | 633 | 532 |
Other offences | 4,819 | 4,392 | 3,695 | 2,953 | 2,221 |
Offences not recorded | 408 | 372 | 315 | 253 | 193 |