HC Deb 07 March 2003 vol 400 cc1296-7W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 10–17 year olds in the last two years for which data are available were sentenced by (a) magistrates' courts (b) a youth court and (c) a Crown court to (i) a secure training order, (ii) a young offender institution and (iii) a local authority secure unit. [100741]

Juveniles sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by type of court
Secure Training Order1 Detention and training order2 Young Offender Institution3 Detained under s90/92 PCC(S)A 20004
2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
Magistrates' Courts 6 * 161 251 54 * * *
Youth Courts 77 * 3,741 5,518 1,096 * * *
The Crown Court 2 * 1,172 1,300 523 * 582 527

Notes:

  1. 1 Available to 31 March 2000, when replaced by detention and training orders.
  2. 2 Available nationally from 1 April 2000.
  3. 3 Replaced by detention and training orders from 31 March 2000.
  4. 4 Sec 53 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 prior to 25 August 2000 * = not applicable.

Source:

Home Office Court Proceedings database.

The following table, compiled from Youth Justice Board data, shows the type of establishment in which juveniles sentenced to immediate custody were accommodated after sentence. Such information is not collected centrally by type of court.

Juveniles sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by type of establishment in which accommodated

20001 2001 2002
Secure training centre 391 471 393
Local Authority Secure Unit 410 599 466
Young Offender Institution 5,679 6,881 5,766

Note:

1 From 1 April 2000.

Source:

Youth Justice Board.

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