Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 110002

Remand in Custody

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales are on remand awaiting trial.

Answer

Jake Richards

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...

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