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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 10-17 year olds in the last two years for which data are available were sentenced by (a) magistrates' courts (b) a youth court and (c) a Crown court to (i) a secure training order, (ii) a young offender institution and (iii) a local authority secure unit. [100741] Hilary Benn: [holding answer 4 March 2003]: The information contained in the table gives the number of juveniles sentenced to all forms of immediate custody in England and Wales in 2000 and 2001. Statistics for 2002 will be published in the Autumn. Juveniles sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by type of court _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Secure Training Order1 Detention and training Young Offender Detained under s90/92 order2 Institution3 PCC(S)A 20004 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 Magistrates' Courts 6 * 161 251 54 * * * Youth Courts 77 * 3,741 5,518 1,096 * * * The Crown Court 2 * 1,172 1,300 523 * 582 527 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1 Available to 31 March 2000, when replaced by detention and training orders. 2 Available nationally from 1 April 2000. 3 Replaced by detention and training orders from 31 March 2000. 4 Sec 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 prior to 25 August 2000. * = not applicable. Source: Home Office Court Proceedings database. The following table, compiled from Youth Justice Board data, shows the type of establishment in which juveniles sentenced to immediate custody were accommodated after sentence. Such information is not collected centrally by type of court. Juveniles sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by type of establishment in which accommodated _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 20001 2001 2002 Secure training centre 391 471 393 Local Authority Secure Unit 410 599 466 Young Offender Institution 5,679 6,881 5,766 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: 1 From 1 April 2000. Source: Youth Justice Board.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

100741; 400 c1309-10W;400 c1296-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Custodial treatment Magistrates' courts Sentencing Young offenders Youth courts Secure accommodation Secure training centres Young offender institutions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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