National statistics

Offender Management statistics quarterly: January to March 2023

Detailed quarterly statistics on offenders in custody (including offence groups, sentence lengths and nationalities) and quarterly statistics on prison receptions, prison releases, adjudications, licence recalls and offenders under probation supervision. This publication includes a note about the planned ‘pausing’ of Probation statistics. More information (including relevant contact information) can be found at the start of the Probation section (Chapter 6 of this report).

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Prison population: 30 June 2023

Annual prison population: 2023

Prison population data tool

Prison receptions: January to March 2023

Prison releases: January to March 2023

Adjudications; January to March 2023

Licence recalls: January to March 2023

Probation: January to March 2023

Details

Latest figures for the quarter January to March 2023 are provided and compared to the same period in 2022. This is with the exception of the prison population where more recent data are available (30 June 2023).

It covers flows into these services (receptions into prison or probation starts) and flows out (releases from prison or probation terminations) as well as the caseload of these services at specific points in time.

Pre-release list Offender Management Statistics are produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons, Minister for Youth Justice, Special Advisors (SpAds), Permanent secretaries, Relevant private secretaries (x9), Director General, Chief Financial Officer Group, Director of Prison Policy and Reform, Director of Data and Analysis, Deputy Director (Chief Statistician), Deputy Director, Data and Evidence as a Service (DES): DPRH, Deputy Director, Head of Bail, Sentencing and Release, Analytical officers (x12), Policy officers (x8), Press officers (x10).

HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Deputy Director, Head of Public Protection Group (PPG), Head of Post-release Casework Section; Analytical officers (x1), Policy officers (x2)

Home Office Secretary of State, Private secretary (x1)

Published 27 July 2023