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Youth Custody

Answer

Custody should always be a last resort for children. Statistics on the numbers of children aged between 10 and 14 held in Youth Custody are published regularly as part of the Youth Custody data series and can be found at the following link;

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data

The table below shows the number children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years. It should be noted that the data from 2018/19 onwards is currently provisional.

Year	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
2014/15	51	51	51	47	37	39	44	45	46	45	34	44
2015/16	50	49	47	42	34	40	46	43	33	31	26	33
2016/17	38	34	33	38	35	36	39	31	37	40	42	42
2017/18	39	36	39	45	43	43	52	50	43	36	43	47
2018/19	48	47	41	37	42	43	39	40	43	37	37	38
2019/20	38	36

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL17392

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Youth custody

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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