HC Deb 23 May 2003 vol 406 cc101-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were held at(a) HMYOI Feltham, (b) HMYOI Warrington,

White Black South Asian Chinese and other Unrecorded Total
April 2002
Feltham 102 101 8 12 0 223
Werrington 90 8 1 1 0 100
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 39 1 3 0 0 43
Onley 162 35 6 2 0 205
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 2002
Feltham 122 85 9 17 0 233
Werrington 100 10 0 1 0 111
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 25 1 3 2 0 31
Onley 154 36 9 5 0 204
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
June 2002
Feltham 143 115 9 21 0 288
Werrington 103 13 0 0 0 116
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 21 1 3 2 0 27
Onley 154 22 9 4 0 189
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
July 2002
Feltham 134 118 13 27 0 292
Werrington 110 8 1 3 0 122
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 26 1 3 0 0 30
Onley 163 17 7 4 0 191
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 2002
Feltham 127 119 13 28 0 287
Werrington 113 9 1 3 0 126
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 14 2 1 0 0 17
Onley 148 22 7 3 0 180
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 2002
Feltham 139 120 17 29 0 305
Werrington 112 9 1 4 0 126
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 22 2 1 1 0 26
Onley 150 32 10 2 0 194
Glen Parva 1 0 0 0 0 1
October 2002
Feltham 145 115 10 38 1 309
Werrington 105 9 2 4 0 120
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 29 2 1 0 0 32
Onley 163 27 13 3 0 206
Glen Parva 1 0 0 0 0 1
November 2002
Feltham 139 109 12 32 0 292
Werrington 105 11 2 2 0 120
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 19 2 2 1 0 24
Onley 161 20 11 5 0 197
Glen Parva 1 0 0 0 0 1

(c) HMYOI Northallerton, (d) HMYOI Thorn Cross, (e) HMYOI Onley and (f) HMYOI Glen Parva in each of the last 12 months, broken down by ethnic group. [113431]

Paul Goggins

The numbers of prisoners aged under 18 who were held at(a) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Feltham, (b) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Werrington, (c) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Northallerton, (d) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Thorn Cross, (e) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Onley and (f) Her Majesty"s Young Offenders Institution Glen Parva in each of the last 12 months, broken down by ethnic group, are given in the tables.

White Black South Asian Chinese and other Unrecorded Total
December 2002
Feltham 148 100 11 32 0 291
Werrington 94 8 3 1 0 106
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 19 1 1 1 0 22
Onley 152 21 7 5 0 185
Glen Parva 1 0 0 0 0 1
January 2003
Feltham 134 89 8 31 0 262
Werrington 84 7 4 2 0 97
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 18 1 2 1 0 22
Onley 149 25 4 6 0 184
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
February 2003
Feltham 127 97 9 24 0 257
Werrington 90 12 4 1 0 107
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 14 2 2 2 0 20
Onley 144 28 4 5 0 181
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0
March 2003
Feltham 131 93 6 21 0 251
Werrington 94 11 4 1 0 110
Northallerton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 21 1 3 1 0 26
Onley 157 25 3 3 0 188
Glen Parva 0 0 0 0 0 0

Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles have been sentenced to detention for life under(a) section 53 of the Children and Young Offenders Act 1933 and (b) section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 in each of the last 10 years. [113433]

Juveniles sentenced to life under Section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and Sections 90–92 of the Prowers of Criminal

Courts (Sentencing) Act 20001
England and Wales
Number of Juveniles
Type of Sentence 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Section 53(1)/Section 90/92—HMP (Life for murder) 11 24 16 10 26 26 10 24 20 27
Section 53(2)/Section 91/92—HMP (Life for other serious offences) 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 5 1 2
Total sentenced to life 12 28 19 11 27 27 12 29 21 29
1 Sections 53 (1) and (2) of the children and Young Persons Act 1933 were repealed on 25 August 2000 and their provisions were

transferred to Sections 90/92 and 91/92 respectively of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of young offenders have no recognised qualifications. [115114]

Paul Goggins

[holding answer 22 May 2003]The information is not available in this precise form but the

Paul Goggins

The information requested is contained in the table.

Statistics for 2002 will be available in the autumn.

Youth Justice Board"s last general education audit, published in November 2001, showed that of juveniles who went into custody at least 71 per cent. had left school without any significant literacy or numeracy qualifications.