§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many youth custody orders have been issued in each of the last four years in each of the four constituencies on the Wirral. [6358]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 15 October 2001]The available information, taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, is shown in the table.
Information collected centrally does not permit a distinction between the four Wirral constituencies to be made and figures for the Wirral magistrates court (which covers all four constituencies) have been given. Crown court figures have also been included where the committing court was Wirral.
1205WThe sentence of youth custody was replaced by detention in a young offender institution by the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The table however contains all forms of immediate custody imposed on offenders under 21 years of age during the years requested.
Persons under 21 sentenced to immediate custody in the Wirral Petty Sessional Area Year Sec. 53 C and YPA 1933 Young offender institution Secure training order Total immediate custody 1996 4 120 — 124 1997 1 133 — 134 1998 2 96 1 99 1999 4 105 2 111 Data for 2000 are not yet available.