§ Ms Julie MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many girls aged under 18 years from Wales were sentenced to custody in each year since 1992. [53256]
§ Ms QuinThe available information relates to the number of girls aged under 18 years sentenced to immediate custody in Welsh courts and is given in the table.
Number of girls aged under 18 years sentenced to immediate custody1 at all courts for all offences, Wales, 1992–96 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Total sentenced immediate custody1 11 4 9 15 10 Detained under S53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 19332 — 2 — 1 4 1 Sentenced to imprisonment at a Young Offender Institution 2 Detainees may be held either in Prison Service establishments or in local authority secure or open community homes or Department of Health Youth Treatment Centres. The youngest detainees are automatically held outside Prison Service establishments