Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 30 September 2023.
Disaggregated monthly data in relation to children and young people in the Youth Secure Estate are published in our Youth Custody Report. The most recent edition, published on 8 December, includes figures for each month in 2023-24 up to 31 October. It can be found using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-custody-data.
A breakdown by ethnicity is at table 1.2 and by religion at table 1.5.