Secure Accommodation: Young Offenders
(asked on 13th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average length of stay in the youth justice secure estate for people (1) on remand, and (2) sentenced, in each of the past five years.
Data on the median number of nights children and young people spent in custody in secure children’s homes, secure training centres and young offender institutions, broken down by remand and sentence type, are provided in the table below. The figures in the Detention & Training Order and the “Other” categories include nights spent in custody following recall.
Year | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Remand(1) | 39 | 43 | 59 | 68 | 47 |
Detention & Training Order | 92 | 91 | 97 | 115 | 91 |
Other(2) | 291 | 294 | 301 | 193 | 258 |
(1) Based on data from the Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF), separate from adult offender data which is derived from the National Offender Management Information System (NOMIS).
(2) The sentences included in this category are those provided in: sections 90 and 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; sections 226, 226B and 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; and sections 250 and 259 of the Sentencing Act 2020, Also included in this category are young people in custody under a civil order for breaching a gang injunction.