Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendation in paragraph 87 of the Review of the Youth Justice system in England and Wales, published in December 2016, on reducing the period before which childhood convictions become spent.

As set out in the government response to Charlie Taylor’s Review of the Youth Justice System, we will work with the Home Office to consider this recommendation once the Justice Select Committee's inquiry into youth criminal records concludes. The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have provided written evidence to the Committee which can be found at: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/disclosure-of-youth-criminal-records/written/43085.html