Young Offender Institutions

11 Dec 2014

Ms Diane Abbott MP

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity is of people held in youth offending institutions.

Answered by Andrew Selous MP on 18 December 2014

The tables below detail the (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity of young offenders detained in each of these types of establishment since 2010/11.

Table A: monthly average under-18 custody population by accommodation type and age from 2010/11 to 2014/15 (April 2014 to October 2014).

Accommodation type

Age

2012/13

2013/14*

2014/15 (April to October)*

Secure Children's Homes

11

0

0

0

12

2

1

1

13

13

6

6

14

30

26

22

15

51

40

27

16

36

39

26

17

11

20

17

Total

142

130

99

Secure Training Centres

11

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

13

0

1

1

14

21

18

16

15

88

78

63

16

102

98

90

17

41

71

75

Total

253

265

245

Young Offender Institutions

11

0

0

0

12

0

0

0

13

0

0

0

14

0

0

0

15

59

42

41

16

291

229

198

17

798

566

501

Total

1,149

837

740

Total

11

0

0

0

12

2

1

1

13

13

7

7

14

51

43

38

15

199

160

131

16

428

365

314

17

851

656

592

Total

1,544

1,233

1,084

Table B: monthly average under-18 custody population by accommodation type and gender from 2010/11 to 2014/15 (April 2014 to October 2014).

Accommodation type

Gender

2012/13

2013/14*

2014/15 (April to October)*

Secure Children's Homes

Female

22

22

17

Male

121

108

83

Total

142

130

99

Secure Training Centres

Female

30

33

31

Male

223

233

214

Total

253

265

245

Young Offender Institutions

Female

20

2

0

Male

1,128

835

740

Total

1,149

837

740

Total

Female

72

57

48

Male

1,472

1,176

1,036

Total

1,544

1,233

1,084

Table C: monthly average under-18 custody population by accommodation type and ethnicity from 2010/11 to 2014/15 (April 2014 to October 2014).

Accommodation type

Ethnicity

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14*

2014/15 (April to October)*

Secure Children's Homes

Asian

9

4

5

7

5

Black

12

10

14

11

12

Mixed

5

6

9

11

10

Not Available

13

22

3

3

1

Other

0

0

1

1

2

White

126

124

112

97

70

Total

165

166

142

130

99

Secure Training Centres

Asian

13

16

17

14

11

Black

38

42

53

55

60

Mixed

19

17

28

26

27

Not Available

21

28

4

5

2

Other

0

1

3

3

2

White

173

176

148

162

143

Total

264

280

253

265

245

Young Offender Institutions

Asian

107

111

82

64

61

Black

301

256

258

197

160

Mixed

98

96

99

70

66

Not Available

97

137

47

26

5

Other

3

2

11

9

12

White

1,004

916

652

470

434

Total

1,610

1,517

1,149

837

740

Total

Asian

129

131

103

86

76

Black

351

308

325

263

233

Mixed

123

119

135

107

104

Not Available

131

186

54

35

8

Other

3

3

15

14

17

White

1,303

1,216

912

728

647

Total

2,040

1,963

1,544

1,233

1,084

* The 2013/14 and 2014/15 data are provisional. The final 2013/14 figures will be confirmed in the 2013/14 Youth Justice Statistics in January 2015, and the final 2014/15 figures will be confirmed in the 2014/15 Youth Justice Statistics in 2016.

These figures are averages of 12-monthly snapshots of the custodial population in the secure estate for children and young people, taken on the last Friday of the month or first Friday of the following month, depending on which is nearer to the actual month end.

The information comes from the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB's) Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS) database and eAsset database. Information from April 2012 comes from the YJB's eAsset database which replaced the SACHS database for placing young people in custody.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.



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