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Commons · Question 88328 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

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Asked by Janet Daby

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants over the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 13 Nov 2025

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remands data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.However, data held cen...