Youth Court

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many 10 to 17 year olds have appeared at the youth court in Lancashire in each year since 1997. (81761)

I have been asked to reply.

Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of 10 to 17 year olds prosecuted for all offences at youth courts in Lancashire from 1997 to 2004 are provided in the table.

Figures for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

*Number of people aged 10 to 17 prosecuted for all offences in the Lancashire youth courts, from 1997 to 2004*¹
	Proceeded against
1997	3,808
1998	4,037
1999	4,061
2000	4,635
2001	4,743
2002	5,156
2003	4,805
2004	4,080
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis. Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

Volume 449: debated on Wednesday 19 July 2006