To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of pre-sentence reports recommended (1) immediate custody, (2) suspended sentences, (3) community sentences, and (4) fines, in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17; and what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations for each of those recommendations in cases of (a) standard delivery reports, (b) written fast delivery reports, and (c) oral fast delivery reports.
Answered on
26 April 2018
The information requested has been provided in the attached tables. The total number of pre-sentence reports, produced for eligible offenders, over the last few years correlates with the fall in overall offenders in the criminal justice system.