Offender management statistics (quarterly) – April to June 2013
Source: data.gov.uk (2018-05-25)

Offender Management Statistics. Key statistics relating to offenders who are in prison or under Probation Service supervision.

It covers flows into these services (receptions into prison or probation starts) and flows out (discharges from prison or probation terminations) as well as the caseload of both services at specific points in time.

Offender Management Statistics 
Quarterly Bulletin  
April to June 2013, England and Wales 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ministry of Justice 
Statistics bulletin 
 
 
 
31 October 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
2 
Introduction 
3 
Prison population 
6 
Prison receptions 
9 
Prison discharges 
9 
Probation 
10 
Licence recalls 
12 
References 
14 
List of quarterly tables 
15 
Appendix A – Data sources and quality 
19 
Contact points 
22 
 
 
 
 

 
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Introduction 
 
This publication provides key statistics relating to offenders who are in prison or 
under Probation Service supervision. It covers flows into these services 
(receptions into prison or probation starts) and flows out (discharges from prison 
or probation terminations) as well as the caseload of both services at specific 
points in time. Latest figures for the quarter April to June 2013 are provided 
compared to the same period in 2012 for each topic as well as reference to 
longer term trends, with the exception of the prison population where more recent 
data is available (30 September 2013). 
 
The contents of the report will be of interest to the public, government policy 
makers, the agencies responsible for offender management at both national and 
local levels, and others who want to understand more about the prison 
population, probation caseload, licence recalls and returns to custody. 
 
The statistics included in this publication are used extensively and meet a broad 
spectrum of user needs as shown below. 
 
User 
Summary of main statistical needs 
MOJ Ministers 
Use the statistics to monitor the prison population and 
capacity of the prison estate; monitor effectiveness of 
probation service and whether resources are deployed 
efficiently; assess policy impacts (e.g. changes to 
sentencing guidance) 
MPs and House of 
Lords 
Statistics are used to answer parliamentary questions – 
approximately 100 are answered each year using prison 
and probation data 
Policy teams 
Statistics are used to inform policy development, to 
monitor impact of changes over time and to model future 
changes and their impact on the system 
Agencies 
responsible for 
offender 
management 
 
Current and historical robust administrative data are 
used to support performance management information at 
national and local levels within each agency to 
complement their understanding of the current picture 
and trends over time 
Academia, students 
and businesses 
Used as a source of statistics for research purposes and 
to support lectures, presentations and conferences, e.g. 
data on female foreign national prisoners are included in 
‘The Criminalisation of Migrant Women’ report published 
by the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge 
in July 2012 
Journalists 
Used as a compendium of robust data on offender 
management so that an accurate and coherent story can 
be told on the prison population and probation service 

 
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Voluntary sector 
Data are used to inform policy work, responses to 
consultations and briefing papers by analysing trends 
and changes to the prison population, e.g. the Prison 
Reform Trust use published offender management data 
to compile the ‘Bromley Briefing Prison Factfiles’ 
General public 
Data are used to respond to ad-hoc requests and 
requests made under the Freedom of Information (FOI) 
Act: offender management data is used to answer 
around 100 FOIs each year 
 
 
This bulletin is published alongside three inter-related bulletins:  
 
• 
Proven Re-offending Statistics Quarterly: provides proven re-offending 
figures for offenders who were released from custody, received a non-
custodial conviction at court, received a caution, reprimand, warning or 
tested positive for opiates or cocaine in the 12 months ending December 
2011.  
 
• 
Safety in Custody Statistics Quarterly update to June 2013: provides 
statistics on death, self harm and assault incidents whilst in prison custody. 
 
• 
MAPPA (Multi agency public protection arrangements) Annual Report 
2012/13: this annual publication presents the number of MAPPA eligible 
offenders in England and Wales, and information related to these offenders, 
including a summary of the information provided in the MAPPA reports 
published by each of the areas. 
 
 
Taken together, these publications present users with a more coherent overview 
of offender management including re-offending among both adults and young 
people, the safety of offenders whilst in prison custody and the programmes 
undertaken by offenders whilst in prison or under Probation Service supervision. 
 
 
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as 
National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 
2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.  
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:  
 
•  
meet identified user needs;  
•  
are well explained and readily accessible;  
•  
are produced according to sound methods; and  
•  
are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest.  
 
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics, it is a statutory 
requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed. 
 

 
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Table 1: Overview – latest period compared to the previous year  
30 September 2013
Percentage change 30 September 
2012 to 30 September 2013
Prison population
84,488
-2%
L
Remand
11,429
-3%
L
Untried
7,999
0%
J
Convicted unsentenced
3,430
-9%
L
Under sentence
71,113
-3%
L
Fine Defaulters
117
-15%
L
Less than or equal to 6 months
4,710
-10%
L
Greater than 6 months to less than 12 months
2,345
-4%
L
12 months to less than 4 years
19,400
-6%
L
4 years or more (excluding indeterminate sentences)
26,444
3%
K
Indeterminate sentences
12,963
-5%
L
Recalls
5,134
-8%
L
Non criminal
1,946
49%
K
April-June 2013
Percentage change April-June 2012 
to 2013
Prison receptions
First receptions
27,129
-1%
L
Remand - untried
12,486
2%
K
Remand - convicted unsentenced
8,323
-8%
L
Under sentence
20,534
-4%
L
Fine Defaulters
231
-12%
L
Less than or equal to 6 months
9,546
-4%
L
Greater than 6 months to less than 12 months
2,022
-9%
L
12 months to less than 4 years
6,326
-5%
L
4 years or more (excluding indeterminate sentences)
2,290
4%
K
Indeterminate sentences
119
-24%
L
Prison discharges
Determinate sentences
19,989
-7%
L
Less than or equal to 6 months
8,448
-7%
L
Greater than 6 months to less than 12 months
2,033
-3%
L
12 months to less than 4 years
7,086
-11%
L
4 years or more (excluding indeterminate sentences)
2,422
3%
K
Indeterminate sentences
192
2%
K
Indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP)
112
1%
K
Life sentence
80
4%
K
Average percentage of time served(1)
Determinate sentences
52%
-2 pp
L
Less than or equal to 6 months
53%
-2 pp
L
Greater than 6 months to less than 12 months
46%
-2 pp
L
12 months to less than 4 years
49%
0 pp
J
4 years or more (excluding indeterminate sentences)
55%
-2 pp
L
Probation starts
All court orders
37,600
-5%
L
All community sentences
26,430
-7%
L
Community order
25,939
-6%
L
Other sentences
11,317
0%
J
Suspended sentence order
11,187
0%
J
Pre release supervision
10,079
-12%
L
30 June 2013
Percentage change 30 June 2012 to 
30 June 2013
Persons supervised by the Probation Service
All court orders
109,771
-9%
L
All community sentences
74,935
-9%
L
Community order
73,279
-9%
L
All pre CJA orders
117
-62%
L
Other sentences
37,316
-8%
L
Deferred sentence
91
32%
K
Suspended sentence order
37,241
-8%
L
All pre and post release supervision
111,144
-1%
L
Pre release supervision
69,706
-2%
L
Post release supervision
41,876
1%
K
April-June 2013
Licence recalls
Recalled in latest quarter
4,348
Not returned to custody by 30 September 2013
73
Total not returned to custody by 30 September 2013
1,002
      
1) Average percentage of time served includes time served on remand; change in percentages are given as percentage point change (pp).
 

 
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Prison population 
The prison population grew rapidly between 1993 to 2008 – an average of 4% a 
year. This rapid rise was driven by: 
 
• Increased numbers of people sentenced to immediate custody from 1993 to 
2002.  
• Increases in the average custodial sentence length and increased use of 
indeterminate sentences. 
• Increase in numbers recalled to prison following breaches of the conditions of 
licence and these offenders spending longer in prison once recalled. 
 
The rise in the prison population slowed considerably from the summer of 2008, 
in part due to the introduction of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act (CJIA) 
2008, which changed sentencing and offender management in ways which 
helped to reduce growth in the prison population. For more information, see CJIA 
2008. 
 
This flatter trend continued until the public disorder seen in UK cities from 6 to 9 
August 2011 which had an immediate but temporary impact on the prison 
population. During 2012 and into 2013, the prison population began to fall due to 
a falling remand population and a continued decline in the number of under 18s 
in custody. The falling remand population during 2012 reflected falling volumes 
going through the courts plus the introduction, in December 2012, of measures 
restricting the use of remand for offenders who would be unlikely to receive a 
custodial sentence1. 
 
Over the most recent quarter (between 30 June and 30 September 2013), the 
prison population increased, due to a relatively large rise in the remand 
population which may be the result of changes to court committals. 
 
The ‘Story of the Prison Population 1993 to 2012’ is an in-depth look at what 
happened to the prison population between 1993 and 2012 and the major factors 
contributing to the changes: www.gov.uk/government/publications/story-of-the-
prison-population-1993-2012 
 
                                                 
1 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012: 
services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/legalaidsentencingandpunishmentofoffenders.html 

 
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Figure 1.1: Quarterly prison population and annual percentage change, 
England and Wales, September 1995 to September 2013 
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
Sep
1995
Sep
1996
Sep
1997
Sep
1998
Sep
1999
Sep
2000
Sep
2001
Sep
2002
Sep
2003
Sep
2004
Sep
2005
Sep
2006
Sep
2007
Sep
2008
Sep
2009
Sep
2010
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Sep
2013
Prison population
-6.0%
-4.0%
-2.0%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
Percentage change
Prison population
Change in end of quarter prison population 
compared with the same period the previous 
year
 
 
The prison population at 30 September 2013 was 84,488, a decrease of 1,969 
(2%) compared to 30 September 2012 when the total population was 86,457.   
 
This overall fall in the prison population was seen for males and females, and in 
both the remand and sentenced populations. However within the year-on-year 
fall, there are some changing trends within the year, particularly within the 
remand population. 
 
Between September 2012 and September 2013, the remand population fell by 
3%. Looking across the year, the remand population fell throughout much of 
2012 reflecting falling volumes going through the courts. The introduction, in 
December 2012, of measures restricting the use of remand for offenders who 
would be unlikely to receive a custodial sentence further reduced the remand 
population. By February 2013, the full impact of these measures had been 
realised and the remand population then remained relatively stable until the end 
of August 2013 when it began to rise. The rise since end August may be the 
result of changes to court committals. 
 
The sentenced population also fell by 3% over the last year with falls across 
every age group: adults (age 21+) down 2%; young adults (18-20) down 18%; 
and 15-17 year olds down a third.  This is consistent with trends in prison 
receptions where we have seen falling numbers of males and females entering 
prison to serve a sentence. 
 
Within the adult sentenced population, the numbers serving long determinate 
sentences of 4 years or more continued to rise, while the numbers serving 
shorter sentences continued to fall.  Over 40% of the increase in long 

 
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determinate sentences was due to the introduction of the new Extended 
Determinate Sentence (EDS) (see paragraph below) - 462 offenders were 
serving such a sentence as at 30 September 2013. 
 
The number of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (either a life sentence 
or an Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection – an IPP) continued to fall 
with the IPP and life sentence populations falling by 9% and 2% respectively. 
This reflects the sentencing changes introduced in December 2012 which 
abolished the IPP (IPPs can now only be imposed in very exceptional 
circumstances) and introduced the new EDS which is available for offenders that 
would previously have received an IPP or an extended sentence.  
 
Within the indeterminate sentenced population, 42% were serving an IPP (5,468) 
while 58% were serving life sentences (7,495). Almost two-thirds of IPP prisoners 
had passed their tariff expiry date. There were 44 offenders serving a whole life 
sentence as at 30 September 2013. In addition to this, 7 prisoners serving whole 
life sentences were being treated in secure hospitals. 
 
As at 30 September 2013, there were 1,946 non-criminals in prison, up 644, or 
49% from the previous year. Half of this increase is due to the NOMS agreement 
with the Home Office to hold an increased number of immigration detainees. The 
other half of the rise is the result of data quality work to improve the recording of 
offenders who are held post-sentence pending deportation (who should be 
recorded as non-criminals, but historically at any given time, around 300 have 
wrongly remained recorded as sentenced prisoners). While it was not possible to 
also carry out the data quality work on last year’s prison population, it is likely 
that the impact would have been similar (around 300 non-criminal prisoners 
incorrectly recorded as sentenced prisoners at both points in time)  
 
The foreign national prisoner population was 10,760 as at 30 September 2013, 
accounting for 13% of the prison population (the same proportion as in recent 
quarters). This figure includes Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs). When 
looking at the population excluding IRCs, 12% were foreign national prisoners 
(again the same proportion as in recent quarters). 
 
An increasing proportion of sentenced prisoners are serving sentences for the 
most serious offences. As at 30 September 2013, 27% of the sentenced 
population had committed violence against the person offences, an increase from 
21% in 2000. Similarly, the proportion serving sentences for sexual offences 
increased from 10% in 2000 to 15% in September 2013. In contrast, the number 
serving sentences for motoring offences has fallen steadily over time, now 
comprising 1% of the sentenced population compared with 4% in 2000 and the 
proportion serving sentences for burglary has fallen from 17% in 2000 to 10% as 
at 30 September 2013. 
  
 

 
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Prison receptions 
In the quarter ending June 2013, there were 27,129 first receptions into prison, a 
fall of 1% compared to the same period in the previous year.   
 
There was a 2% increase in the number of untried receptions – those remanded 
in custody awaiting trial – in the quarter ending June 2013 compared to the 
quarter ending June 2012.  In contrast, convicted unsentenced receptions – 
those remanded in custody awaiting sentence – fell by 8%.  
 
There was a 4% fall in the number of prisoners received under sentence in the 
quarter ending June 2013 compared to the quarter ending June 2012. This fall 
was driven by falling numbers of sentences of less than 4 years (down 5%), while 
longer determinate sentences continued to rise (up 4%).  
 
The rise in numbers received into prison to serve a long determinate sentence 
partly reflects the impact of sentencing changes introduced in December 2012 
which abolished IPPs and introduced the new extended determinate sentence2. 
These changes also resulted in a large fall in the number of offenders entering 
prison to serve an indeterminate sentence (down 24%). 
 
 
 
Prison discharges 
A total of 19,989 offenders were discharged from determinate sentences in the 
quarter ending June 2013, a fall of 7% from the quarter ending June 2012.   
 
In line with the trends in prison receptions, this overall fall was driven by falling 
numbers discharged from sentences of less than 4 years, while numbers 
released from longer sentences continued to rise.  
 
As well as those discharged from determinate sentences, 112 offenders were 
discharged from an Indeterminate sentence for Public Protection (IPP), and 80 
offenders from a life sentence (up slightly from 111 and 77 the previous year). In 
addition, 30 indeterminate sentenced prisoners were removed under the Tariff 
Expired Removal Scheme (TERS) - this scheme allows indeterminate sentenced 
foreign national prisoners, who are liable to removal from the UK, to be removed 
from prison and the country upon, or any date after, the expiry of their tariff 
without reference to the Parole Board.  This scheme began in May 2012, and by 
the end of June 2013 there had been 186 removals in total.  
 
                                                 
2 www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/part/3/chapter/5 

 
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Those discharged from determinate sentences in the quarter ending June 2013 
had, on average, served 52% of their sentence in custody (including time on 
remand). On average males served a greater proportion of their sentence in 
custody – 52% compared to 48% for females in the quarter ending June 2013. 
This gender difference is consistent over time, and partly reflects the higher 
proportion of females who are released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC – 
under which certain offenders can be released on an electronically monitored 
curfew up to 135 days before the halfway point of their sentence when they 
would otherwise be released).  
 
A total of 2,612 prisoners were released on HDC in the quarter ending June 
2013, down by a fifth from the quarter ending June 2012.  To be considered for 
release under HDC, an offender must be serving a sentence of less than 4 years 
and the number of prisoners serving such sentences has been falling (see 
population section above).  The decrease in the eligible population will have a 
direct impact on the number that can be considered for HDC release and 
subsequently on the number of prisoners that are released on HDC. Prisoners 
released on HDC in the quarter ending June 2013 spent an average of 2.8 
months on HDC, down slightly from 2.9 months in the quarter ending June 2012. 
 
 
 
 
Probation 
The total annual probation caseload (court orders and pre and post release 
supervision) increased by 39% between 2000 and 2008 to 243,434. Since then 
the probation caseload has fallen year on year, reaching 224,823 at the end of 
2012. The rise between 2000 and 2008 was driven by: 
 
• Introduction of new court orders, in particular the Suspended Sentence Order 
(SSO) in 2005 (under the Criminal Justice Act 2003). 
 
• Increase in pre and post-release supervision caseload due to: 
- 
continued growth in the number of offenders serving custodial sentences 
of 12 months or more who require supervision on release from custody,  
- 
offenders spending longer periods on licence after release from custody 
under CJA 2003. 
 
The number being supervised at the end of 2012 (the caseload) continued the 
decrease seen in each of the previous four years; community orders fell by 9% 
and SSOs by 8% compared to 2011.  As at the end of June 2013, the total 
caseload fell again – down 5% compared to the end of June 2012. 
 

 
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Figure 1.2:  Number of offenders under Probation Service supervision (at 
end December), 2000-2012  
 
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Post-release supervision
Pre-release supervision
Pre and post release supervision
Suspended sentences
Community sentences
Note: the total number of offenders is overstated as some appear in more than one category.
 
 
 
 
 
Looking at the latest quarter, the court order caseload continued to decrease with 
the community order caseload down 9% and the SSO caseload down 8% 
between the quarters ending June 2012 and June 2013.  The number of 
offenders starting court orders also decreased over this period, with starts of 
community orders down 6% while starts of SSOs were unchanged from the 
previous year.  The SSO caseload continued to fall despite the stability seen in 
SSO starts this quarter - this is due to the general downward trend seen in SSO 
starts in previous quarters combined with a decrease in the average length of 
SSOs which results in offenders spending less time on the caseload. 
 
The caseload of offenders supervised before or after release from prison showed 
a slight decrease of 1% between the quarter ending June 2012 and quarter 
ending June 2013.  However, there was a 1% increase in the number supervised 
post release, which is consistent with the increasing numbers sentenced to long 
custodial sentences (who will therefore spend longer on licence after release).  
The caseload of offenders being supervised before release from prison saw a 2% 
fall which reflects the decrease in the number of pre-release supervision starts – 
down by 12% (and consistent with prison receptions where the number of 
offenders starting prison sentences continues to fall).  
 
The number of requirements started under court orders continued to fall between 
the quarters ending June 2012 and June 2013 in line with the decrease in the 
number of court order starts.  Much of this decrease was driven by falls in the 
number of curfew and unpaid work requirements given under both community 

 
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orders and SSOs.  Most requirements saw a fall, with the exceptions being 
specified activities, drug treatment and alcohol treatment requirements. 
 
Of the 25,100 community orders terminated in the quarter ending June 2013, 
68% had run their full course or were terminated early for good progress, a slight 
increase on the 67% in the previous quarter ending June 2012.  The percentage 
of SSOs which had run their full course or were terminated early for good 
progress remained at 68% over the period.  
 
A total of 42,793 court reports were prepared in the quarter ending June 2013, 
9% down on the quarter ending June 2012, reflecting the continuing downward 
trend in the number of cases being dealt with by the courts. The decrease was 
driven by a large fall in the number of Standard PSRs (Pre-Sentence Reports), 
which were down 31%. There was a 5% fall in the number of oral Fast delivery 
reports, whereas the use of written Fast delivery reports increased by 7% over 
the same period.   
 
In general, courts follow the sentences proposed in PSRs, particularly where an 
immediate custodial sentence has been recommended - 88% of such proposed 
sentences in PSRs resulted in immediate custody. 
 
 
Licence recalls 
Offenders serving a sentence of twelve months and over are released from 
prison, in most cases automatically at the half way point of their sentence, under 
licensed supervision to the Probation Service. They are all subject to a set of 
standard licence conditions, requiring them to report regularly to the Probation 
Service, live at an address approved by the Probation Service and to be of good 
behaviour.  
A key element of public protection is that offenders released on licence should be 
effectively supervised in the community and swiftly recalled to custody if their 
behaviour gives cause for concern. It is explained to offenders at the outset that 
they may be recalled to custody if they breach any of the conditions of their 
licence.  
There are various reasons why offenders are recalled to custody for breaching 
their licence conditions besides committing a further offence. For example, an 
offender may be recalled if there is any deterioration in behaviour which leads the 
Probation Service to conclude that there is an increased risk of the offender 
committing further offences.  
 
Over the period 1999 to June 2013, a total of 630,000 offenders were released 
from prison on licence supervision. Between April 1999 and June 2013 around 
160,000 of those released on licence were recalled to custody for breaching the 
conditions of their licence, e.g. failing to report to their probation officer. Of all 
those recalled to custody, only 1,002 had not been returned to custody by the 

 
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end of September 2013. This total may include some offenders believed to be 
dead or living outside of the UK but who have not been confirmed as dead or 
deported. 
 
Of the 1,002 not returned to custody by 30 September 2013, 126 had originally 
been serving a prison sentence for violence against the person offences and a 
further 35 for sexual offences. 
 
During the quarter ending June 2013, a total of 4,348 offenders had their licence 
revoked and were recalled. By 30 September 2013, 4,275 of these recalled 
offenders had been returned to custody and 73 had not been returned to 
custody.  
 
The end-to-end measure across all agencies involved in the process is for 75% 
of recalled offenders to be returned to custody within 74 hours for emergency 
recalls and 144 hours for standard recalls. In the quarter ending 30 June 2013, 
3,444 (79%) were returned within agreed timescales. 
 
Figure 1.3: Number of offenders not returned to custody by quarter, by 
major offence group  
 
 
-100
100
300
500
700
900
1100
Sep 2009
Dec 2009
Mar 2010
Jun 2010
Sep 2010
Dec 2010
Mar 2011
Jun 2011
Sep 2011
Dec 2011
Mar 2012
Jun 2012
 Sep 2012
 Dec 2012
Mar 2013
Jun 2013
Offenders not returned to custody
All offences
Other offences
Sexual offences
Violent offences
(1) Offence categories changed from Sep 2010 so not shown for earlier periods
 

 
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References  
This publication and associated spreadsheet files of the tables contained in this 
document and detailed information of definitions, sources and key legislative 
changes are available for download at  
www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management-statistics-quarterly--
2 
Bulletins from earlier related series are available at  
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics 

 
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List of quarterly tables 
Prison population 
 
Table 1.1a:  Total population in custody by type of custody and age group, on a 
quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, England and Wales  
 
Table 1.1b:  Male population in custody by type of custody and age group, on a 
quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, England and Wales  
 
Table 1.1c:  Female population in custody by type of custody and age group, on 
a quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 1.2:  Population in custody by type of custody, sex and age group, at end 
of month, July to September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 1.2a:  Population in custody by type of custody, sex and age group, at end 
of month, April to June 2013, England and Wales (revised) 
 
Table 1.3a:  Total remand and sentenced population in prison by offence group 
and sex, on a quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 1.3b:  Adult remand and sentenced population in prison by offence group 
and sex, on a quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 1.3c:  18 to 20 year olds remand and sentenced population in prison by 
offence group and sex, on a quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, 
England and Wales 
 
Table 1.3d:  15 to 17 year olds remand and sentenced population in prison by 
offence group and sex, on a quarterly basis, June 2012 to September 2013, 
England and Wales 
 
Table 1.4: Indeterminate sentence prisoner population, by tariff length and tariff 
expiry date, 30 September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 1.4a: Indeterminate sentence prisoner population, by tariff length and tariff 
expiry date, 30 June 2013, England and Wales (revised) 
 
Table 1.5:  Population in prison by sex, establishment and nationality status, 30 
September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 1.6:  Population in prison, by nationality and sex, 30 September 2013, 
England and Wales 
 

 
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Table 1.7: Population in prison by sex and ethnic group, June 2012 to 
September 2013 
 
Table 1.8: Population in prison by sex and age group, June 2012 to September 
2013 
 
Table 1.9a: Total population detained by type of accommodation, quarterly, June 
2012 to September 2013 
 
Table 1.9b: Total population detained in the youth estate by type of 
accommodation, quarterly, June 2012 to September 2013 
 
Prison receptions 
 
Table 2.1a:  Total receptions into prison establishments by type of custody, 
sentence length and age group, April - June 2012 to April - June 2013, England 
and Wales 
 
Table 2.1b:  Male receptions into prison establishments by type of custody, 
sentence length and age group, April - June 2012 to April - June 2013, England 
and Wales 
 
Table 2.1c:  Female receptions into prison establishments by type of custody, 
sentence length and age group, April - June 2012 to April - June 2013, England 
and Wales 
 
Table 2.2a:  Remand receptions into prison establishments by offence group and 
sex, April - June 2012 to April - June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 2.2b:  Immediate custodial sentenced receptions into prison 
establishments by offence group and sex, April - June 2012 to April - June 2013, 
England and Wales 
 
 
Prison discharges 
 
Table 3.1:  Discharges from determinate and indeterminate sentences, April 
2012 - June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 3.2a:  Time served in prison by prisoners discharged from determinate 
sentences, April 2012 - June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, England and Wales  
 
Table 3.2b:  Time served in prison by male prisoners discharged from 
determinate sentences, April 2012 - June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, 
England and Wales 
 

 
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Table 3.2c:  Time served in prison by female prisoners discharged from 
determinate sentences, April 2012 - June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, 
England and Wales 
 
Table 3.3:  Home Detention Curfew releases by sentence length, April 2012 - 
June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, England and Wales  
 
Table 3.4:  Average time spent, in months, on Home Detention Curfew by 
sentence length, April 2012 - June 2012 to April 2013 - June 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Probation 
 
Table 4.1:  Offenders starting court order and pre release supervision by the 
Probation Service by sex, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 4.2:  Offenders starting court order supervision by the Probation Service 
by offence group and sex, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 4.3:  Most frequently used combinations of requirements for starts of 
community orders and suspended sentence orders, April-June 2012 to April-June 
2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.4:  Requirements commenced under community orders and suspended 
sentence orders, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.5:  Offenders starting community orders and suspended sentence orders 
by Region and Trust, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England & Wales 
 
Table 4.6:  Offenders starting community order and suspended sentence order 
supervision by tier, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.7:  Offenders supervised by the Probation Service at end of period, June 
2012 to June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.8:  Offenders supervised by the Probation Service at end of period under 
court orders by offence group and sex, June 2012 to June 2013, England and 
Wales  
 
Table 4.9:  Offenders supervised by the Probation Service at end of period under 
court orders by tier, June 2012 to June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.10:  Offenders supervised by the Probation Service at 30 June 2013, by 
Trust, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.11:  Percentage of terminations of court orders by reason, April-June 
2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales  

 
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Table 4.12:  Court reports written by the Probation Service by type of report and 
court, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 4.13:  Concordance between sentences proposed and sentences given, 
where a PSR was prepared, July 2012 - June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Licence recalls 
 
Table 5.1:  Summary of licence recalls 1 January 1984 to 30 June 2013 and 
returns to custody by 30 September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.2: Summary of licence recalls to 30 June 2013 and returns to custody by 
30 September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.3:  Summary of number of offenders not returned to custody, as at 31 
December 2010 to 30 September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.4:  Number of offenders recalled from determinate and indeterminate 
sentences, by custody status, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 5.5:  Number of offenders recalled and not returned to custody by quarter, 
by offence, as at 30 September 2012 to 30 September 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.6:  Number of offenders recalled by 30 June 2013 and not returned to 
custody by 30 September 2013, by Local Criminal Justice Board, England and 
Wales 
 
Table 5.7:  Length of time between recall and return to custody for recalled 
offenders, April-June 2012 to April-June 2012, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.8:  Length of time since recall for those not returned to custody, April-
June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.9:  Performance against timescales for licence recalls returned to 
custody by agency, April-June 2012 to April-June 2013, England and Wales 
 
Table 5.10:  Performance against timescales for licence recalls returned to 
custody by 30 September 2013 by agency, by Local Criminal Justice Board, 
April-June 2013, England and Wales 

 
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Appendix A – Data sources and quality 
 
The data presented in this publication are drawn from administrative IT systems. 
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail 
collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording 
system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they 
should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last 
whole number shown in the tables. Where figures in the tables have been 
rounded to the nearest whole number, the rounded components do not always 
add to the totals, which are calculated and rounded independently. 
 
Impact of data quality issues and revisions 
 
Population data, April to June 2013 
 
Routine data quality checks identified an issue with how offenders who are held 
post-sentence awaiting deportation are recorded within the population data.  At 
any given time, around 300 offenders who should be recorded as non-criminals, 
wrongly remained recorded as sentenced prisoners.  This issue has been 
resolved with effect from April 2013 and revised figures have been provided in all 
tables reporting the prison population by type of custody and offence. 
 
While it was not possible to also carry out the data quality work on data prior to 
April 2013, it is likely that the impact would have been similar (around 300 non-
criminal prisoners incorrectly recorded as sentenced prisoners at both points in 
time). 
 
Probation data 
 
From February 2013, there has been a phased introduction and rollout of a 
national case management information system across all Probation Trusts (n-
Delius).  As of 30 June 2013, 19 trusts have migrated to the new system. 
 
As a result of that migration, there has been an increase in the number of 
offenders within the migrated trusts with tier of supervision recorded as ‘Tier not 
stated’.  Investigations are being undertaken to identify the source of this issue 
and resolve it prior to further trusts moving to the new system. 
 
 
Pre-sentence court reports (PSR) data 
 
Evidence provided by Probation Trusts suggested that published statistics on the 
number of PSRs prepared by each trust were lower than those statistics 
produced by their internal case management systems. 
 
The PSR data collection process in place until 31 March 2012 entailed each trust 
providing monthly data on the number of reports prepared that month, with the 

 
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data extracted on or just after the 15th of the following month, e.g. data for July 
collected on 15th August. On investigation it emerged that many trusts, 
particularly those in large metropolitan areas, enter some PSRs onto case 
management systems after this date due to data collection practicalities. To 
address this issue, trusts were asked to submit each monthly return two months 
later than previously to allow time for additional reports to be recorded, and the 
impact on the statistics was assessed. 
 
This new extended data collection process has been introduced for data from 
April 2012, and we estimate that the statistics now capture between 1 and 3% 
more PSRs per quarter as reported within Tables 4.12 and 4.13.  
 
Subsequent data quality work has shown that the introduction of a longer time 
lag between the date a PSR is prepared and when data is extracted from case 
management systems, i.e. more than two months, would capture more court 
report data (over and above the additional 1 to 3% now included in the two most 
recent quarters). However, these further increases were mostly seen in the 
number of court reports prepared for breaches, court reviews and deferred 
sentences (see below). For standard and fast delivery pre-sentence reports, a 
two month time lag captures the vast majority of data and there are diminishing 
returns in extending the data collection period any further. 
 
During the data quality work described above, it emerged that previously 
published data for court reviews, PSR breach reports and deferred sentences 
was incomplete in terms of coverage across all trusts and that there were 
inconsistencies between trusts in the coverage and content of the data extracted 
from their case management systems. This data has therefore been removed 
from Table 4.12 for all quarters – the estimated impact on the total number of 
reports written is a reduction of around 4,500 reports per quarter. 
 
It is hoped that with the introduction and phased rollout of a national 
management information system for all Probation trusts (nDelius), more accurate 
and complete data can be produced on PSR breach reports in future. This will be 
kept under review. 
 
 
Indeterminate sentences for public protection  
 
Information relating to tariffs for IPP and DPP prisoners and those serving life 
sentences is held by the Offender Management and Public Protection Group, 
NOMS, in the Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD).  
 
 
Licence recalls and returns to custody 
 
Returned to custody – the figures for those returned to custody include people 
who have died or been deported by the UK Borders Agency as prior to 2007 this 
information was not collected separately. The information held centrally records 
whether or not recalled offenders are still wanted for return to custody but for 
those offenders no longer wanted for return to custody, information is not held on 

 
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whether the recall was completed by actual return to custody or because the 
offender died or was deported.  
 
Not returned to custody – this includes those offenders believed to be dead or 
living outside of the UK but who have not been confirmed as dead or deported. 
 
 
Symbols used  
 
..  
not available 
0 
Nil or less than half the final digit shown 
- 
not applicable 
* 
One or both of the comparison figures are less than 50 
(p) 
Provisional data 
(r) 
Revised data 
 
Revisions policy 
 
Figures for prison receptions and discharges for each of the first three quarters of 
the calendar year are generally revised alongside figures for quarter 4 in the 
October to December publication each year. Prison population, probation and 
licence recall figures are not routinely revised, but are corrected if an error is 
identified.  
 
Any revisions will be accompanied by an explanation for the revision and its 
impact, along with – where appropriate - an assessment of whether the impact is 
in line with previous revisions (for example when updating from provisional to 
final prison discharges data). 

 
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Other enquiries about these statistics should be directed to: 
 
Jo Peacock 
Ministry of Justice 
Justice Statistics Analytical Services 
7th Floor 
102 Petty France 
London 
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Tel: xx-xxxx-xxxx 
 
General enquiries about the statistical work of the Ministry of Justice can be e-
mailed to: xxx@xxx.xx 
 
General information about the official statistics system of the UK is available from 
www.statistics.gov.uk 
 
Ministry of Justice publishes data relating to offender management in England 
and Wales. Equivalent statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found 
at: 
 
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice 
 
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