Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged between 18 and 24 have (a) three to five (b) six to nine, (c) 10-14, (d) 15-19 and (e) more than 20 cautions and convictions of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) drug offences, (iv) theft offences, (v) robbery, (vi) possession of weapons and (vii) miscellaneous crimes against society.

Obtaining the necessary information to answer these questions involves accessing the secure Police National Computer (PNC) system, which my relevant officials were unable to do in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PNC access has now re-started, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered and there is reduced capacity to do this due to the need to adhere to social distancing guidelines. I will write to the Hon Member in due course with the information requested and will place a copy of my letter in the Library.