Youth Custody
(asked on 23rd July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a custodial sentence in each of the past 10 years.
This question was answered on 2nd August 2019
Custody should always be a last resort for children. The table below sets out the number of 10 and 11 year olds who have received a custodial sentence since 2009:
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Total Immediate Custody | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018