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1035W has become more severe over the last decade: in 2012, the average custodial sentence length was 14.5 months, an increase of 1.9 months compared to 2002.

The number of defendants who received the maximum sentence available, following sentence at the Crown court and magistrates court, and the percentage of sentences where the maximum sentence was given at all court, in England and Wales, in each year from 2008 to 2012 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.

Mrs Grant: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) does not collate vacancy rates centrally. The Department’s central budgetary calculations for 2013-14 do not involve assumptions about vacancy rates. Recruitment depends upon the need to balance redeployment of displaced staff, turnover rates and operational need.

Mrs Grant: We do not hold this information centrally and this information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However I can confirm there is one vending machine across the Ministry’s London headquarters’ buildings, in 102 Petty France. This stocks a variety of confectionary and soft drinks, which includes fruit juices, water and cereal bars.