Young Offenders John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) 10 to 14-year-olds, (b) 14 to 17-year-olds and (c) 18 to 21-year-olds were sentenced to a period of custody in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. Claire Ward The requested information is shown in the following table: 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|Number of offenders | 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| |Total sentenced|Immediate custody| 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|Age group |1997|2007|1997|2007| 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|10-14 |11,629|19,368|130|513| 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|15-17 |67,463|78,019|6,953|5,317| 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|18-21 |202,583|186,349|20,836|18,771| 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|Notes: 1. The 18-21 age band differs from the standard age definition of young adults (aged 18-20). Offenders aged 21 will be eligible for a slightly different range of custodial and community sentences than offenders aged 18 to 20. 2. 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. 3. 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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice Ref: PQ(JSAS)318445 (26/02/2010).| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds did not comply with a community order in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. Claire Ward In answer to part (c), of those community orders which terminated in 2007 for those aged 18 to 21, 13 per cent. (3,865) were terminated because of further offences being committed and 26 per cent. (7,505) were terminated because the offender failed to comply with the order. Data are only available from April 2005 as the community order was introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on 4 April 2005. 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. For parts (a) and (b), the data held by the Youth Justice Board do not allow them to ascertain how many young people failed to comply with a community order, as they are compiled by offence, not by young person, and exclude the majority of cases of non-compliance, where a young person was warned but the matter was not brought to court. John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were charged with a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007; (2) how many (a) 10 to 14 year-olds, (b) 14 to 17 year-olds and (c) 18 to 21 year-olds were convicted of a criminal offence in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. Claire Ward The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts, by age group, England and Wales 1997, 2007 and 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table. The Ministry of Justice do not collect charging data; proceeded against information has been provided in lieu. 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| |Proceeded against|Found guilty| 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|Age group |1997 |2007 |2008|1997|2007|2008| 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|10-14 |19,120 |24,975 |21,703|11,627|19,373|17,382| 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|15-17 |103,475 |101,559 |89,260|67,524|78,068|71,009| 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|18-21 |280,227 |228,561 |222,501|202,929|186,734|185,780| 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|22 and over |1,436,563 |1,366,400 |1,295,649|1,092,435|1,123,790|1,080,975| 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|All ages |1,839,385 |1,721,495 |1,629,113|1,374,515|1,407,965|1,355,146| 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|1 The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.3 Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.Source:Justice Statistics Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to criminal justice services of dealing with young offenders in 2008-09. Maria Eagle We do not have an estimate of the overall cost to criminal justice services of dealing with young offenders and this would be available only at disproportionate cost. However, the Youth Justice Board Annual Accounts show that 2008-09 they received funding of £495.287 million, which funds all of its functions including funding for local authorities’ youth offending teams and operation of the secure estate. The YJB’s forthcoming publication “Youth Justice Annual Workload Data 2008-09” reports that local authorities and their partners, such as social services, police and probation, contributed a further £222.8 million to the operation of youth offending teams in England and Wales in 2008-09. John McDonnell To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the change in the number of 10 to 14-year-olds (a) convicted of and (b) receiving a custodial sentence for burglary was between 1996 and 2009. Claire Ward The available information is shown in the following table. 2009 data are not yet available and will be published in the Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin “Sentencing statistics, England and Wales 2009”, due for publication autumn 2010. 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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996 |1,589|21| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997 |1,595|38| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998 |1,834|62| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999 |1,780|89| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |1,598|147| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |1,553|167| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |1,708|159| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1,451|134| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |1,583|132| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |1,583|109| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |1,482|133| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |1,417|97| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 |1,249|87| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice Ref: PQ(JSAS)318494 (26/02/2010).| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------