Young Offender Institutions
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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