Youth Custody
(asked on 15th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of children in custody were held in (a) Secure Children's Homes, (b) Secure Training Centres and (c) Young Offenders Institutions in each year since 2010.
The table below shows the average monthly youth custody population (under 18-year olds) by sector for the years ending 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2018, and the proportion of the total under 18 custodial population represented by each sector.
Population by sector |
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Secure Children's Homes |
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| 167 | 165 | 166 | 142 | 129 | 101 | 108 | 107 | 106 |
Secure Training Centres |
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| 253 | 264 | 280 | 253 | 262 | 223 | 196 | 131 | 166 |
Young Offender Institutions |
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| 1,998 | 1,610 | 1,517 | 1,149 | 825 | 714 | 656 | 630 | 623 |
Total |
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| 2,418 | 2,040 | 1,963 | 1,544 | 1,216 | 1,037 | 960 | 868 | 894 |
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Share of population by sector |
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Secure Children's Homes |
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| 7% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 12% |
Secure Training Centres |
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| 10% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 15% | 19% |
Young Offender Institutions |
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| 83% | 79% | 77% | 74% | 68% | 69% | 68% | 73% | 70% |
Total |
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| 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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