Children in Care: Prison Sentences

(asked on 19th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on average how many looked after children have received custodial sentences in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 22nd April 2021

The information held by the department covers children aged 10 years or over, who were looked after for at least 12 months, who were convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during each year. The figures are shown in the table below:

Number of children aged 10 years or over who were looked after for at least 12 months who were convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the year in England[1]

Year ending 31 March

Number looked after for at least 12 months aged 10 to 17 at 31 March[2]

Number convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the year[2]

2020

39,620

1,160

2019

38,090

1,280

2018

36,730

1,510

2017

35,090

1,590

2016

33,120

1,640

2015

31,800

1,630

2014

30,650

1,690

2013

29,840

1,830

2012

29,790

2,070

2011

30,280

2,200

Source: SSDA903

The latest information on children looked after in England is contained in the ‘Children looked after in England’ statistics release, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions.

[1] Figures include children aged 10 to 17 years who have been continuously looked after for at least 12 months as at 31 March. Figures exclude children who were looked after under an agreed series of short-term placements.

[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

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