Lord Beecham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2014-03-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ascertain the number of ex-service personnel receiving (1) custodial, and (2) non-custodial, sentences.
Lord Faulks
The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the current or previous occupations of those receiving custodial or non-custodial sentences; it is therefore not possible to identify ex-service personnel within centrally held data sources. However, in September 2010, the MOJ and Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) published an estimate of the number of regular ex-service personnel in prison in England and Wales and in March 2011, the MOJ and DASA published a further estimate of the number of regular ex-service personnel under probation supervision in England and Wales.
Copies of the reports are available via the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterans-on-probation-statistics
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