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Written question asked by Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 August 2019. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Friday, 2 August 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Young Offenders

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a youth caution or criminal conviction in each of the past five years; and what proportion of those children were in care at the time of the caution or criminal conviction.

Answer
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Cautions issued 450 359 309 218 159
Convicted 76 86 71 70 37

The table above shows the total number of cautions and convictions issued to 10-11 year olds over the past five calendar years. Published figures do not allow us to distil the number of individuals but instead only the number of cautions/sentences. 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

Data on looked after children is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. However, children supervised by the local Youth Offending Team or in custody will have their needs, including identifying whether they are looked after, assessed and appropriate measures will be put in place to ensure their individual needs are met.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17391
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children in care Convictions Young offenders Alternatives to prosecution
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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