The requested information for 2008 is shown in the following table. Data for 2007 have also been supplied. Data for 2009 will become available once Sentencing Statistics 2009 is published in the autumn.
This information is also available in Sentencing Statistics 2008 via the following link:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/sentencingannual.htm
Magistrates court Crown court Immediate custody Total sentenced Proportion (percentage) Immediate custody Total sentenced Proportion (percentage) 2008 Male 10 to 17 3,421 71,438 4.8 1,609 2,583 62.3 18 to 20 5,436 101,358 5.4 7,186 13,222 54.3 Female 10 to 17 368 13,479 2.7 78 215 36.3 18 to 20 434 20,010 2.2 355 1,120 31.7 2007 Male 10 to 17 3,864 80,153 4.8 1,497 2,466 60.7 18 to 20 6,320 107,921 5.9 7,167 12,849 55.8 Female 10 to 17 340 14,494 2.3 129 274 47.1 18 to 20 472 18,507 2.6 332 999 33.2 Notes: 1. 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. 2. These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. 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.
The Ministry of Justice is not aware of any such report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The work of the NAO is a matter for the NAO’s Comptroller and Auditor General. The Department welcomes any recommendations the NAO has to secure greater value for money and would carefully consider its response thereafter. Details on the costs of custody are published in the Youth Justice Board’s annual report and accounts.