Appearances and Speeches

Government officials meet with representatives of local authorities to ensure that victims of crime receive effective and joined up support.

The number of women sentenced to custody for sexual offences, robbery, theft offences, criminal damage and arson and drug offences who recei

The Advisory Board on Female Offenders have been engaged throughout the development of the female offender strategy and have expressed views

Since its inception in May 2013, there have been 20 formal quarterly meetings of the Advisory Board on Female Offenders, each chaired by the

We have consulted with stakeholders as part of the development our strategy for female offenders and reviewed the evidence about custodial a

A key commitment of the Government’s Female Offender Strategy, published on 27th June 2018, is the investment of £5 million of cross-Governm

Since 2010 there has been one prison closure in the women’s prison estate which was in June 2016 when HMP and Young Offender Institute (HMP&

On 27 June we published our strategy for female offenders, which sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody, especially on short-term

We do not hold information on the number of women’s centres that are, or have been, in operation across England and Wales since 2007.

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the details of every offence committed by each of the female prisoners currently held in priso