Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 17th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of children in the secure estate were from BAME backgrounds in the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement.
The information requested is in table 1 below.
Table 1. Number and proportion of BAME under 18 children and young people in custody, December 2016 to May 2018
| Dec-16 | Jan-17 | Feb-17 | Mar-17 | Apr-17 | May-17 | Jun-17 | Jul-17 | Aug-17 | Sep-17 | Oct-17 | Nov-17 | Dec-17 | Jan-18 | Feb-18 | Mar-18 | Apr-18 | May-18 |
BAME young people in custody | 361 | 385 | 384 | 377 | 412 | 415 | 406 | 416 | 405 | 397 | 408 | 400 | 394 | 374 | 385 | 429 | 452 | 428 |
% BAME of total under-18 custodial population (excluding unknowns) | 44% | 45% | 45% | 44% | 46% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 46% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 49% | 49% |