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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are in custody in the secure estate as a result of criminal behaviour, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) placement and (d) constituency of home address. [208119] Paul Goggins :[holding answer 17 January 2005]: The information requested is recorded in the table. The figures were supplied by the Youth Justice Board and relate to 13 January 2004. Data are not available by constituency of home address, and have been provided by Government office region. Gender (all) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Description Count of East Midlands Eastern London North East North West South East DOB/Accommodation type Age 11 LASCH -- -- -- -- 1 -- Total -- -- -- -- 1 -- Age 12 LASCH -- 2 1 1 -- 2 STC -- 1 -- -- -- -- Total -- 3 1 1 -- 2 Age 13 LASCH 3 1 3 1 7 -- STC 2 -- 5 -- -- 3 Total 5 1 8 1 7 3 Age 14 LASCH 5 2 7 6 16 12 STC 7 5 10 1 3 9 Total 12 7 17 7 19 21 Age 15 LASCH 8 1 6 4 14 2 STC 7 10 18 2 6 2 YOI 22 12 49 7 42 16 Total 37 23 73 13 62 20 Age 16 LASCH 3 3 6 3 13 1 STC 7 4 16 2 10 10 YOI 47 33 127 22 132 58 Total 57 40 149 27 155 69 Age 17 LASCH -- -- -- -- 1 2 STC 1 -- 3 -- 1 2 YOI 94 78 238 51 224 98 Total 95 78 241 51 226 102 Grand total 206 152 489 100 470 217 Description Count of DOB/ South West Wales West Midlands Yorkshire Grand total Accommodation type Age 11 LASCH -- -- -- 1 2 Total -- -- -- 1 2 Age 12 LASCH -- -- -- 1 7 STC -- -- 1 -- 2 Total -- -- 1 1 9 Age 13 LASCH -- 3 1 6 25 STC -- -- 2 -- 12 Total -- 3 3 6 37 Age 14 LASCH 7 4 9 15 83 STC -- -- 13 7 55 Total 7 4 22 22 138 Age 15 LASCH 2 5 5 11 58 STC 1 1 13 4 64 YOI 10 9 22 45 234 Total 13 15 40 60 356 Age 16 LASCH 4 3 1 10 47 STC 1 1 9 6 66 YOI 32 44 86 90 671 Total 37 48 96 106 784 Age 17 LASCH -- 3 1 2 9 STC 1 1 1 -- 10 YOI 50 77 151 169 1,230 Total 51 81 153 171 1,249 Grand total 108 151 315 367 2,575 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

208119; 430 c102-4W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Age Custodial treatment Gender Economic regions Young offenders Secure accommodation Secure training centres

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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