To ask His Majesty's Government how many people currently held in prison are serving sentences of one year or less.
Answered on
31 July 2024
As at 30 June 2024, prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales held 3,277 male and female prisoners serving sentences of one year or less.
Note:
The figure presented includes fine defaulters.
Data sources and quality
The figures in this table 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.
Source: Prison NOMIS
Answered by
Ministry of Justice