The Government have developed a range of sentences that are designed to offer courts a robust alternative to custody. The decision on the most appropriate type of disposal given to a young person is ultimately for the court to make.
The data requested, which are collected by the Youth Justice Board on a quarterly basis, are shown in the following tables.
April to June 2006 July to September 2006 YOT Occasions custody proposed in the pre-sentence report Custodial sentence imposed Percentage Occasions custody proposed in the pre-sentence report Custodial sentence imposed Percentage Barking and Dagenham 0 7 0 1 11 9 Barnet 2 2 100 3 11 27 Barnsley 0 6 0 0 5 0 Bath and North East Somerset 0 2 0 0 2 0 Bedfordshire 2 4 50 1 4 25 Bexley 4 11 36 1 9 11 Birmingham 16 47 34 11 37 30 Blackburn with Darwen 0 5 0 1 1 100 Blackpool 0 5 0 1 6 17 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 3 6 50 3 7 43 Bolton 6 13 46 5 8 63 Bournemouth and Poole 0 2 0 1 7 14 Bracknell Forest 0 0 n/a 3 3 100 Bradford 5 12 42 1 10 10 Brent 2 2 100 0 5 0 Bridgend 0 1 0 1 5 20 Brighton and Hove 0 1 0 3 5 60 Bristol 1 5 20 1 8 13 Bromley 2 2 100 0 0 n/a Buckinghamshire 0 2 0 3 6 50 Bury 1 4 25 1 4 25 Calderdale 0 1 0 1 2 50 Cambridgeshire 0 6 0 0 4 0 Camden 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Cardiff 1 9 11 1 13 8 Carmarthenshire 2 4 50 5 7 71 Ceredigion 0 0 n/a 0 1 0 Cheshire 1 6 17 7 22 32 Conwy and Denbighshire 2 2 100 6 8 75 Cornwall 1 2 50 0 1 0 Coventry 4 19 21 1 14 7 Croydon 3 9 33 6 8 75 Cumbria 0 3 0 0 4 0 Darlington 0 2 0 0 0 n/a Derby 3 7 43 3 10 30 Derbyshire 1 14 7 1 8 13 Devon 0 2 0 0 2 0 Doncaster 3 5 60 1 5 20 Dorset 1 3 33 1 2 50 Dudley 0 3 0 0 3 0 Durham 4 2 200 2 5 40 Ealing 0 6 0 2 2 100 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 0 n/a 1 3 33 East Sussex 5 8 63 3 5 60 Enfield 1 9 11 0 10 0 Essex 0 8 0 1 8 13 Flintshire 0 0 n/a 0 2 0 Gateshead 3 5 60 1 4 25 Gloucestershire 2 5 40 2 6 33 Greenwich 0 2 0 2 0 n/a Gwynedd Mon 7 7 100 5 5 100 Hackney 5 21 24 1 10 10 Halton and Warrington 1 3 33 0 5 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 7 0 0 3 0 Haringey 2 4 50 1 5 20 Harrow 1 4 25 0 2 0 Hartlepool 0 1 0 1 5 20 Havering 0 4 0 1 3 33 Hertfordshire 1 3 33 3 7 43 Hillingdon 1 2 50 1 4 25 Hounslow 0 6 0 1 4 25 Islington 1 3 33 0 4 0 Kensington and Chelsea 0 3 0 1 2 50 Kent 3 12 25 7 17 41 Kingston-upon-Hull 0 7 0 0 10 0 Kingston-upon-Thames 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Kirklees 3 24 13 5 16 31 Knowsley 1 5 20 0 2 0 Lambeth 0 16 0 1 12 8 Lancashire 9 29 31 12 19 63 Leeds 2 23 9 1 13 8 Leicester City 3 8 38 4 8 50 Leicestershire 1 5 20 0 4 0 Lewisham 1 4 25 1 3 33 Lincolnshire 0 4 0 3 2 150 Liverpool 1 22 5 2 21 10 Luton 1 2 50 1 5 20 Manchester 7 26 27 8 36 22 Medway 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Merthyr Tydfil 0 2 0 0 3 0 Merton 0 2 0 0 0 n/a Milton Keynes 2 5 40 1 2 50 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 0 1 0 2 4 50 Neath Port Talbot 0 2 0 2 5 40 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 4 75 1 4 25 Newham 2 8 25 2 8 25 Newport 1 11 9 4 9 44 Norfolk 0 2 0 0 0 n/a North East Lincolnshire 9 10 90 7 8 88 North Lincolnshire 2 8 25 0 2 0 North Somerset 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a North Tyneside 0 2 0 1 6 17 North Yorkshire 3 9 33 2 6 33 Northamptonshire 3 18 17 2 11 18 Northumberland 1 4 25 0 4 0 Nottingham 4 13 31 27 33 82 Nottinghamshire 7 14 50 3 11 27 Oldham 5 7 71 3 7 43 Oxfordshire 0 2 0 0 2 0 Pembrokeshire 0 0 n/a 1 2 50 Peterborough 2 4 50 0 6 0 Plymouth 1 3 33 0 3 0 Powys 0 0 n/a 2 2 100 Reading and Wokingham 4 7 57 4 5 80 Redbridge 0 5 0 1 3 33 Rhondda Cynon Taff 0 3 0 0 0 n/a Richmond-upon-Thames 0 1 0 0 0 n/a Rochdale 1 8 13 0 7 0 Rotherham 0 2 0 0 6 0 Salford 2 10 20 2 8 25 Sandwell 3 5 60 4 9 44 Sefton 1 6 17 2 8 25 Sheffield 7 9 78 2 14 14 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 0 2 0 1 6 17 Slough 0 1 0 2 2 100 Solihull 0 0 n/a 0 7 0 Somerset 0 0 n/a 0 2 0 South Gloucestershire 0 1 0 0 0 n/a South Tees 1 4 25 1 7 14 South Tyneside 2 5 40 3 3 100 Southend-on-Sea 0 4 0 3 6 50 Southwark 1 5 20 0 14 0 St. Helens 2 3 67 1 1 100 Staffordshire 0 8 0 2 10 20 Stockport 1 1 100 2 4 50 Stockton-on-Tees 0 2 0 1 2 50 Stoke-on-Trent 4 10 40 4 14 29 Suffolk 4 10 40 4 8 50 Sunderland 3 5 60 8 9 89 Surrey 4 12 33 0 0 n/a Sutton 0 4 0 0 2 0 Swansea 9 9 100 5 5 100 Swindon 0 1 0 1 3 33 Tameside 2 9 22 3 8 38 Thurrock 3 4 75 8 9 89 Torbay 0 0 n/a 1 0 n/a Tower Hamlets and City of London 0 2 0 0 9 0 Trafford 3 8 38 8 8 100 Vale of Glamorgan 1 1 100 0 0 n/a Wakefield 0 4 0 0 6 0 Walsall 0 7 0 0 4 0 Waltham Forest 3 6 50 7 9 78 Wandsworth 2 10 20 2 13 15 Warwickshire 2 9 22 4 5 80 Wessex 4 42 10 5 31 16 West Berkshire 0 0 n/a 0 1 0 West Sussex 1 5 20 2 6 33 Westminster 3 7 43 0 1 0 Wigan 0 7 0 0 5 0 Wiltshire 0 0 n/a 0 1 0 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 2 0 0 1 0 Wirral 1 6 17 1 7 14 Wolverhampton 0 4 0 0 3 0 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 2 5 40 1 11 9 Wrexham 1 3 33 2 4 50 York 1 2 50 0 2 0 Total 255 953 27 305 987 31
October to December 2006 January to March 2007 YOT Occasions custody proposed in the pre-sentence report Custodial sentence imposed Percentage Occasions custody proposed in the pre-sentence report Custodial sentence imposed Percentage Barking and Dagenham 0 8 0 1 3 33 Barnet 1 2 50 1 1 100 Barnsley 2 6 33 0 8 0 Bath and North East Somerset 0 3 0 0 1 0 Bedfordshire 1 4 25 0 5 0 Bexley 1 5 20 0 3 0 Birmingham 9 38 24 5 21 24 Blackburn with Darwen 0 4 0 2 4 50 Blackpool 1 12 8 3 5 60 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 1 5 20 1 4 25 Bolton 1 9 11 3 7 43 Bournemouth and Poole 0 1 0 2 2 100 Bracknell Forest 0 1 0 0 0 n/a Bradford 4 8 50 7 15 47 Brent 0 1 0 0 2 0 Bridgend 2 5 40 0 1 0 Brighton and Hove 1 2 50 1 5 20 Bristol 0 6 0 0 7 0 Bromley 0 1 0 0 3 0 Buckinghamshire 3 4 75 1 2 50 Bury 2 7 29 1 3 33 Calderdale 2 4 50 0 5 0 Cambridgeshire 0 3 0 1 3 33 Camden 0 8 0 0 6 0 Cardiff 2 11 18 0 13 0 Carmarthenshire 0 0 n/a 3 4 75 Ceredigion 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Cheshire 5 13 38 4 9 44 Conwy and Denbighshire 1 2 50 0 2 0 Cornwall 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Coventry 1 7 14 2 14 14 Croydon 2 3 67 0 3 0 Cumbria 2 4 50 1 16 6 Darlington 1 1 100 1 1 100 Derby 5 7 71 3 7 43 Derbyshire 1 15 7 1 12 8 Devon 0 4 0 0 4 0 Doncaster 0 6 0 3 10 30 Dorset 0 2 0 1 2 50 Dudley 0 2 0 0 2 0 Durham 0 0 n/a 3 6 50 Ealing 1 4 25 0 2 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 2 4 50 0 1 0 East Sussex 1 2 50 1 5 20 Enfield 1 7 14 6 9 67 Essex 1 6 17 3 7 43 Flintshire 2 1 200 2 7 29 Gateshead 2 3 67 1 1 100 Gloucestershire 3 7 43 2 7 29 Greenwich 1 3 33 1 5 20 Gwynedd Mon 0 2 0 3 3 100 Hackney 6 9 67 0 11 0 Halton and Warrington 0 7 0 2 4 50 Hammersmith and Fulham 1 3 33 0 5 0 Haringey 2 5 40 3 9 33 Harrow 0 2 0 2 3 67 Hartlepool 1 1 100 2 3 67 Havering 0 7 0 0 3 0 Hertfordshire 0 4 0 4 7 57 Hillingdon 0 5 0 0 5 0 Hounslow 3 5 60 0 1 0 Islington 0 7 0 0 4 0 Kensington and Chelsea 1 5 20 1 2 50 Kent 8 23 35 8 15 53 Kingston-upon-Hull 0 10 0 1 10 10 Kingston-upon-Thames 4 4 100 1 0 n/a Kirklees 3 15 20 6 13 46 Knowsley 2 3 67 0 2 0 Lambeth 3 14 21 3 14 21 Lancashire 13 27 48 9 15 60 Leeds 0 8 0 1 8 13 Leicester City 1 3 33 0 3 0 Leicestershire 1 5 20 5 10 50 Lewisham 0 3 0 0 1 0 Lincolnshire 2 3 67 3 3 100 Liverpool 0 19 0 0 16 0 Luton 2 2 100 1 2 50 Manchester 16 51 31 10 38 26 Medway 1 1 100 0 5 0 Merthyr Tydfil 0 3 0 0 2 0 Merton 3 6 50 0 4 0 Milton Keynes 0 1 0 2 6 33 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 1 2 50 0 0 n/a Neath Port Talbot 1 3 33 0 1 0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 6 33 5 8 63 Newham 2 3 67 1 12 8 Newport 3 8 38 0 4 0 Norfolk 1 2 50 2 4 50 North East Lincolnshire 8 13 62 3 7 43 North Lincolnshire 3 2 150 4 12 33 North Somerset 1 2 50 1 3 33 North Tyneside 1 4 25 0 2 0 North Yorkshire 3 7 43 2 11 18 Northamptonshire 1 9 11 1 18 6 Northumberland 1 3 33 4 6 67 Nottingham 16 22 73 12 21 57 Nottinghamshire 3 6 50 9 14 64 Oldham 1 5 20 1 5 20 Oxfordshire 0 2 0 0 5 0 Pembrokeshire 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Peterborough 2 3 67 5 15 33 Plymouth 0 2 0 0 0 n/a Powys 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Reading and Wokingham 3 4 75 0 4 0 Redbridge 0 6 0 4 8 50 Rhondda Cynon Taff 0 8 0 0 5 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 0 1 0 0 0 n/a Rochdale 2 9 22 0 5 0 Rotherham 0 8 0 0 5 0 Salford 2 12 17 1 8 13 Sandwell 4 7 57 4 8 50 Sefton 3 9 33 2 7 29 Sheffield 2 11 18 1 9 11 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 0 5 0 0 1 0 Slough 1 4 25 0 5 0 Solihull 0 1 0 0 0 n/a Somerset 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a South Gloucestershire 0 2 0 1 2 50 South Tees 0 3 0 0 0 n/a South Tyneside 0 6 0 4 4 100 Southend-on-Sea 0 1 0 1 2 50 Southwark 1 10 10 3 9 33 St. Helens 0 4 0 0 4 0 Staffordshire 1 2 50 0 7 0 Stockport 5 8 63 5 6 83 Stockton-on-Tees 0 2 0 2 4 50 Stoke-on-Trent 2 6 33 4 8 50 Suffolk 0 5 0 3 11 27 Sunderland 0 2 0 0 0 n/a Surrey 0 4 0 4 6 67 Sutton 1 2 50 0 0 n/a Swansea 3 4 75 3 4 75 Swindon 0 2 0 0 1 0 Tameside 1 5 20 4 4 100 Thurrock 2 2 100 4 6 67 Torbay 3 3 100 1 2 50 Tower Hamlets and City of London 1 12 8 0 4 0 Trafford 2 3 67 3 5 60 Vale of Glamorgan 1 2 50 2 2 100 Wakefield 0 6 0 0 9 0 Walsall 0 1 0 0 7 0 Waltham Forest 5 6 83 5 5 100 Wandsworth 6 9 67 0 6 0 Warwickshire 2 7 29 0 5 0 Wessex 6 33 18 6 24 25 West Berkshire 0 0 n/a 0 3 0 West Sussex 1 4 25 1 4 25 Westminster 1 2 50 0 1 0 Wigan 0 6 0 0 6 0 Wiltshire 0 1 0 0 1 0 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Wirral 0 12 0 0 9 0 Wolverhampton 3 3 100 3 9 33 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 2 6 33 1 8 13 Wrexham 4 6 67 3 2 150 York 0 0 n/a 0 0 n/a Total 258 905 29 259 895 29