HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 c189W
Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a)male and (b)female young offenders were held in detention centres in England and Wales on I May 2004. [173537]

Paul Goggins

The number of sentenced young people in Prison Service establishments, secure training centres and local authority secure children's homes at the 31 March 2004 is given in the table.

Sentenced young people at 31st March 2004
Prison Service

establishment

 Secure

training

centres

 Local authority

secure children's

homes
Males
Under 18 1,827 94 185
18–201 6,270 0 0
Females
Under 18 39 50 41
18–201 334 0 0
1Includes 21-year-olds who were aged 20 or under at conviction who have not been reclassified as part of the adult population.