The statistics collected by the Youth Justice Board record the number of occasions on which young people have entered custody, rather than the number of individual young people who have begun a period in custody. (These figures are different because a young person may experience more than one period in custody.) These figures, in relation to the period and categories for which information has been requested, are set out in the following table.
The figures have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board and 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 may be subject to change over time.
Time spent in custody in the secure estate for children and young people 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Remanded young people under 18 Up to 1 month 4,483 4,451 4,503 4,147 3,780 1 month up to 6 months 859 954 913 894 985 6 months up to 12 months 119 205 168 235 194 12 months up to 3 years 10 27 17 25 4 More than 3 years 0 0 0 0 0 Sentenced young people under 18 Up to one month 759 734 808 798 1,013 One month up to six months 3,743 4,046 3,670 3,940 3,924 Six months up to twelve months 1,208 1,145 1,220 1,191 1,046 Twelve months up to three years 353 351 372 327 342 More than three years 7 1 3 4 6