§ Mr. HuttonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15 and 16-year-olds have been detained in young offenders institutions in each year since 1992. [7153]
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§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 3 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. John Hutton, dated 10 December 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking, how many 15 and 16 year olds have been detained in young offenders institutions in each year since 1992.The available information is for the population of 15 and 16 year olds held after sentence of detention in a young offender institution on 30 June each year. This is published in successive volumes of "Prison statistics, England and Wales" (table 3.2 of the 1995 edition, Cm 3355), copies of which are available from the library.Provisional information for 30 June 1996 is given in the attached table.
Population of 15 and 16 year olds in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 19961 sentenced to detention in a YOI Sex and age Detention in a young offender institution Males Aged 15 129 Aged 16 306 Females Aged 15 7 Aged 16 16 1 Provisional figures.