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Prisoners

Commons · Question 109100 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people being held in prisons in England and Wales have not been found guilty in a court.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 3 Feb 2026

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the untried remand population in custody in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication. This data can be found in Population Table 1_Q_2 of OMSQ: Offender management statistics quarterly: July...