§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many girls aged 15,16 and 17 years were received into custody during 1999(a) under sentence, (b) convicted unsentenced and (c) unconvicted. [129697]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is given in the table.
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Receptions1 into prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales of females aged 15, 16 and 17, by type of custody in 19992 Type of custody Age 15 Age 16 Age 17 Untried — — 219 Convicted Unsentenced — — 162 Sentenced 59 110 185 1Total receptions cannot be calculated by adding together receptions in each category because there is double counting. 2Provisional figures
§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of sentence was, by type of offence, for girls aged under 18 years received into custody in each year from 1994 to 1999. [129698]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is given in the table.
Average sentence length1 for females aged under 18 received into prisons and young offender establishments in England and Wales, by type of offence, 1994–99 Average sentence length—months Year of sentenced reception Offence group 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Violence against the person 7.5 8.5 7.6 6.5 7.1 6.4 Sexual offences — 23.7 — — — — Burglary 10.3 6.4 6.9 10.2 10.0 9.0 Robbery 8.2 17.6 11.5 13.5 9.6 15.3 Theft and handling 6.2 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.4 5.0 Fraud and forgery — — 5.0 — 5.7 4.8 Drugs offences 20.0 10.0 22.5 20.3 7.6 16.5 Other offences 10.9 10.7 6.1 12.3 6.6 5.6 Offence not recorded 10.6 6.8 10.2 15.9 10.7 6.8 All females under 18 8.2 10.0 8.3 9.6 7.6 7.1 1Excludes those sentenced to life