Ministry of Justice · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Immediate custodial sentences during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
Year ending March 2017 → Year ending March 2019 · 2 periods
↓ 9.3%−8,413 offenders
Immediate custodial sentences fell by 9.3% over the period, from 90,181 offenders (Year ending March 2017, the level when the government took office) to 81,768 (Year ending March 2019, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2017: 90,181
Level when it left Year ending March 2019: 81,768
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody at criminal courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, including detention in a young offender institution and detention and training orders.
Doesn’t measure: Suspended sentences, community sentences or fines, or the length of the sentences imposed.