Prison population remanded in custody, as a proportion of overall prison population

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Headline data

Proportion of prison population remanded in custody
Year Value Observation status Unit multiplier Unit measure
2009 15.9201832332 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2010 15.2984635656 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2011 14.5992925247 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2012 13.1600966902 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2013 13.085327163 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2014 14.2639956028 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2015 13.672804056 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2016 10.9098597505 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2017 11.2248582043 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2018 11.2174259722 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2019 11.056704147 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2020 14.3220061876 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2021 16.2491701139 Normal value Units Percentage (%)
2022 16.6243072689 Normal value Units Percentage (%)

Source: Ministry of Justice

Geographical Area: England and Wales

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote: Annual data shown are based on the prison population at 30 June of each year. Data prior to 2009 is available from the source but is not presented here due to a change in the data series. Graph lines for male figures are often obscured by headline figures due to the proportionally high male prison population. See table for detailed male figures

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Indicator available

Prison population remanded in custody, as a proportion of overall prison population
Indicator description

The total number of persons held in detention who have not yet been sentenced, as a percentage of the total number of persons held in detention, on a specified date.
Geographical coverage

England and Wales
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Remand – Until a prisoner is convicted, in theory they should be treated as innocent until proven guilty. Prisoners in custody on remand are those awaiting commencement or continuation of trial prior to verdict. This category also includes those prisoners that are convicted unsentenced. These are prisoners that have been convicted but are still waiting to be sentenced.

Sentenced – Those held in custody as a result of receiving a sentence in a criminal court. Persons committed for default of a fine are normally included in this group. It should be noted that immediate custodial sentenced numbers do not include fine defaulters.
Available disaggregations

Age, Sex, Age by sex and Nationality
Calculations

(Number of remanded detainees in their given group / prison population in their given group) * 100
Other information

For more information about these data, including quality and methodology please see the Guide to offender management statistics. An explanation of the recent increase in the proportion of prisoners remanded in custody can be found in Offender management statistics quarterly - January to March 2022.

Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.
Data last updated 04 August 2022
Metadata last updated 18 August 2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
Target name

Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
Global indicator description

Not available for this indicator
UN designated tier

Tier I
UN custodian agency

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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Organisation

Ministry of Justice
Periodicity

Annual
Earliest available data

2002
Geographical coverage

England and Wales
Link to data source Offender Management Statistics opens in a new window
Release date 28 July 2022
Next release

TBC: We plan to update indicator data within 4 months of data being released
Statistical classification

National Statistic
Contact details

statistics.enquiries@justice.gsi.gov.uk
Other information

Data acquired from the Annual Prison Population tables (A1.7 and A1.11).
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