Young Offenders: Females
(asked on 28th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many girls under 18 are currently in custody in (1) secure training centres, and (2) secure children's homes in England.
This question was answered on 11th February 2019
There are a total of 22 girls under the age of 18 across the youth estate in England. Fourteen of these children are held in Secure Training Centres and the remaining eight are residing at Secure Children’s Homes.
These figures are from the most recent published Youth Custody Report for November 2018, published on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data