Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged 18 or over from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 31 December 2023.

The latest 12-month period for which data are available is 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. During that period, 56 young people aged 18 or over in the youth secure estate were separated for more than seven days. All of these were in young offender institutions.

In making the above calculation, the following rules were applied:

• Where a period of separation began before 01 April 2022, the full duration of the separation has been counted.
• Where a period of separation began before 31 March 2023, it is deemed to have ended on 31 March 2023 for the purpose of this calculation.
• The data provided relate to continuous periods of separation of more than seven days.
• If a new period of separation began within five days of a previous period of separation’s ending, it is deemed to be a single continuous period of separation.
• Young people aged 17 when their separation began, but who turned 18 more than seven days before the separation ended have been counted.

On 31 December 2023, there were 153 young people aged 18 or over in the youth estate. Details of their ethnicity and religious affiliation are provided in the following tables.

Number of 18+ year olds by ethnic group, December 2023

Note
The symbol * is used for suppressed values of five or fewer, to prevent disclosure in accordance with data protection principles. Zero figures are not suppressed.

Number of 18+ year olds by religious group, December 2023

As of 06 February 2024, the oldest young person accommodated in the youth estate was 18 years old.