Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued by (a) an authorised person and (b) a relevant prosecutor in each reporting year since 2010.

Data on whether an authorised person or the relevant prosecutor issued a Youth Conditional Caution (YCC) is not held centrally by the Government.

Conditions must be completed within a 12-week period. Data on the time limits applied to YCCs is not readily available – to extract and quality assure the data would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.

If the offender does not complete their conditions within a reasonable time period, the offender can be prosecuted for the original offence. Data about rates of compliance with YCCs is not held centrally by the Government.