Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023
Detailed quarterly statistics on offenders in custody (including offence groups, sentence lengths and nationalities), and quarterly (and annual calendar year) statistics on prison receptions, prison releases, adjudications, licence recalls and offenders under probation supervision.
Applies to England and Wales
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Latest figures for the quarter October to December 2023 (and annual figures for 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 (31 March 2024).
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.
Following the pre-announced pause in the publication of Probation statistics last quarter, Probation statistics for quarter 3 (July to September 2023) are published alongside quarter 4 (October to December 2023) in this edition of the OMSQ.
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)