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Young Offenders: Sentencing

Volume 506: debated on Friday 26 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many sentences for each type of offence were handed down to young offenders aged between (a) 10 and 17 and (b) 18 and 20 years in 2008. (317650)

The requested information is provided in the following table:

Total sentences handed down to young offenders, for each type of offence, 2008

Ages

10 to 17

18 to 20

Violence against the person

7,390

7,280

Sexual offences

513

373

Burglary

5,419

3964

Robbery

3,621

1,751

Theft and handling stolen goods

15,953

12,312

Fraud and forgery

520

1,407

Criminal damage

2,616

1,670

Drug offences

6,373

7,510

Other indictable offences

3,532

5,782

Indictable motoring offences

327

834

Summary offences (excluding motoring)

34,380

54,501

Summary motoring offences

7,731

40,191

Total sentenced

88,375

137,575

Notes:

1. These data are presented on the principal offence basis.

2. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed.

3. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.

4. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

Source:

Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice