Young Offenders: Children in Care

(asked on 14th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children are currently held in custody.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 20th May 2019

The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.

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