Q. Youth Justice Board

Youth Justice Board

(asked on 14th June 2019) - View Source

Questioner

Yasmin Qureshi
(Labour - Bolton South East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the demographic breakdown of Youth Justice Boards in the UK.

Answered by

Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

This question was answered on 24th June 2019

This demographic information relates to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for England and Wales. Youth Justice is a devolved matter in the rest of the UK. The data below summarises YJB’s staff composition as at 31 March 2019. All staff by gender

Gender	Percentage
Male	42%
Female	58%
Total	100%

All staff by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Percentage
BAME	17%
White	66%
Not specified	16%
Total	100%

All staff by age

Age	Percentage
25-34	14%
35-44	28%
45-54	28%
55-64	25%
65 +	2%
UNKNOWN	3%
Total	100%

All staff by disability

Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled

The data below summarises YJB’s Board member composition as at 1 January 2018. Board members including the Chair by gender

Gender	Percentage
Male	73%
Female	27%
Total	100%

Board members including the Chair by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Percentage
BAME	9%
White	91%
Not specified	0%
Total	100%

Board members excluding the Chair by age

Age	Percentage
26-35	10%
36-45	10%
46-55	30%
56-65	50%
Total	100%

Board members including the chair by disability

Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled

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