Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 65105

Sentencing: Attendance

Tabled: 4 July 2025

Answered: 9 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Robbie Moore

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) suspects were tried and (b) convicted people were sentenced in absentia in the last 12 months.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on trials, convictions and sentencing outcomes at criminal courts in England and Wales (latest data to December 2024), available from the Criminal Justice Statistics page. However, it is not possible to provide the n...

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