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Young Offenders

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many reparation orders relating to those aged (a) 10 or 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17 years old have been (i) given and (ii) breached in each year since 1997. (302442)

The information is as follows:

(i) The following tables show the number of reparation orders that have been given to young people by courts.

The presented data are broken down by financial years and by the following age groups: (a) 10 and 11, (b) 12 to 14 and (c) 15 to 17-years-old.

(ii) The Youth Justice Board does not hold the data on number of breaches in relation to reparation orders.

Complete data prior to financial year 2000/01 is not held by the YJB. Reparation orders were only introduced in pilot areas from 1998 and nationally from 2000.

Reparation Orders

10-11

12-14

5-17

Total

2000-01

169

1,954

4,166

6,289

2001-02

230

2,875

5,524

8,629

2002-03

60

1,075

3,083

4,218

2003-04

39

938

2,791

3,768

2004-05

43

1,038

2,554

3,635

2005-06

36

1,201

2,802

4,039

2006-07

36

1,234

3,360

4,630

2007-08

42

1,275

3,691

5,008

Total

655

11,590

27,971

40,216

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 may be subject to change over time.