HC Deb 25 March 2003 vol 402 cc153-4W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents involving juvenile crime there were in ( a) 1997,(b) 2000 and (c) 2002. [104346]

Hilary Benn

The information collected centrally on recorded crime relates solely to offences and does not contain any details of the alleged offender.

The available in Formation is contained in the table and relates to juveniles found guilty or cautioned in 1997 and 2000.

(2) what the average length was of the detention and training orders given in each month since April 2000. [104063]

Hilary Benn

The information requested is contained in the table.

Juveniles sentenced to detention and training orders by length of sentence and month, England and Wales, April 2000 to December 2001
Month Number of juveniles sentenced to detention and training orders Average sentence length imposed (months)
2000
April 454 7.8
May 538 8.1
June 622 7.5
July 572 7.3
August 619 7.5
September 563 7.6
October 581 7.4
November 644 7.6
December 481 7.6
Total 2000 (from April) 5,074 7.6
2001
January 607 6.9
February 629 7.3
March 637 7.5
April 530 7.3
May 657 7.2
June 578 7.4
July 612 7.3
August 616 7.2
September 515 7.5
October 637 7.5
November 644 7.6
December 407 7.0
Total 2001 7,069 7.3

Note:

Statistics for 2002 will be published in the Autumn.