Asked by: Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a custodial sentence in each of the past 10 years.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
Custody should always be a last resort for children. The table below sets out the number of 10 and 11 year olds who have received a custodial sentence since 2009:
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Total Immediate Custody | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018
Asked by: Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
Custody should always be a last resort for children. Statistics on the numbers of children aged between 10 and 14 held in Youth Custody are published regularly as part of the Youth Custody data series and can be found at the following link;
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data
The table below shows the number children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years. It should be noted that the data from 2018/19 onwards is currently provisional.
Year | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
2014/15 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 44 |
2015/16 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 33 |
2016/17 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 |
2017/18 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 52 | 50 | 43 | 36 | 43 | 47 |
2018/19 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
2019/20 | 38 | 36 |
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Asked by: Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a youth caution or criminal conviction in each of the past five years; and what proportion of those children were in care at the time of the caution or criminal conviction.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Cautions issued | 450 | 359 | 309 | 218 | 159 |
| Convicted | 76 | 86 | 71 | 70 | 37 |
The table above shows the total number of cautions and convictions issued to 10-11 year olds over the past five calendar years. Published figures do not allow us to distil the number of individuals but instead only the number of cautions/sentences. This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018
Data on looked after children is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. However, children supervised by the local Youth Offending Team or in custody will have their needs, including identifying whether they are looked after, assessed and appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure their individual needs are met.