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1668599

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year is published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1157767/out-of-court-disposals-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Out of court disposals data tool</a> which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022</a>. To view the total number of YCCs issued in each year and by age, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Cautions’ tab. The breakdown by youth conditional cautions is available from 2019. Data for earlier years is not routinely published and is included below.</p><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p>3,952</p></td><td><p>3,819</p></td><td><p>3,663</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year, by age:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10-11</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12-14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,427</p></td><td><p>1,375</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15-17</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1,519</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td><td><p>2,325</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data in the published out of court disposals tool (linked above) may show youth cautions for ages 18 and above, these should be considered 'unknown age' as the age in these cases will not have been recorded accurately on the PNC. YCCs can only be issued to an offender aged 10 to 17 years old. Offenders aged 18 and above irrespective of their age when the offence was committed should be given a conditional caution.</p><p>The sharp increase in the use of YCCs from 2012 to 2013 is due to amendments introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This abolished reprimands and final warnings and replaced them with a new system of youth cautions and youth conditional cautions which came into force on 8 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 924 question first answered 17/11/2023 09:15:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668600

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued by (a) an authorised person and (b) a relevant prosecutor in each reporting year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Data on whether an authorised person or the relevant prosecutor issued a Youth Conditional Caution (YCC) is not held centrally by the Government.</p><p>Conditions must be completed within a 12-week period. Data on the time limits applied to YCCs is not readily available – to extract and quality assure the data would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>If the offender does not complete their conditions within a reasonable time period, the offender can be prosecuted for the original offence. Data about rates of compliance with YCCs is not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 923 925 question first answered 13/11/2023 17:22:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668601

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time limit imposed for completing conditional elements of youth conditional cautions was in each reporting year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Data on whether an authorised person or the relevant prosecutor issued a Youth Conditional Caution (YCC) is not held centrally by the Government.</p><p>Conditions must be completed within a 12-week period. Data on the time limits applied to YCCs is not readily available – to extract and quality assure the data would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>If the offender does not complete their conditions within a reasonable time period, the offender can be prosecuted for the original offence. Data about rates of compliance with YCCs is not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 922 925 question first answered 13/11/2023 17:22:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668602

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued by age in each reporting year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year is published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1157767/out-of-court-disposals-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Out of court disposals data tool</a> which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022</a>. To view the total number of YCCs issued in each year and by age, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Cautions’ tab. The breakdown by youth conditional cautions is available from 2019. Data for earlier years is not routinely published and is included below.</p><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p>3,952</p></td><td><p>3,819</p></td><td><p>3,663</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year, by age:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10-11</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12-14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,427</p></td><td><p>1,375</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15-17</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1,519</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td><td><p>2,325</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data in the published out of court disposals tool (linked above) may show youth cautions for ages 18 and above, these should be considered 'unknown age' as the age in these cases will not have been recorded accurately on the PNC. YCCs can only be issued to an offender aged 10 to 17 years old. Offenders aged 18 and above irrespective of their age when the offence was committed should be given a conditional caution.</p><p>The sharp increase in the use of YCCs from 2012 to 2013 is due to amendments introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This abolished reprimands and final warnings and replaced them with a new system of youth cautions and youth conditional cautions which came into force on 8 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 921 question first answered 17/11/2023 09:15:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668603

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders failed to comply with the conditions of their youth conditional caution in each reporting year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Data on whether an authorised person or the relevant prosecutor issued a Youth Conditional Caution (YCC) is not held centrally by the Government.</p><p>Conditions must be completed within a 12-week period. Data on the time limits applied to YCCs is not readily available – to extract and quality assure the data would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>If the offender does not complete their conditions within a reasonable time period, the offender can be prosecuted for the original offence. Data about rates of compliance with YCCs is not held centrally by the Government.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 922 923 question first answered 13/11/2023 17:22:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1582457

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many times an individual child was removed from association for periods (a) up to three days, (b) up to 14 days, (c) up to 21 days, (d) up to 42 days and (e) more than 42 days for each juvenile young offender institution in the 12 months to31 March 2022; and if he will break down those removals by the (i) age, (ii) sex, (iii) ethnicity of the children removed from association, (iv) number of children who were classed as disabled and (v) recorded reasons for those removals.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	136817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Young people are only temporarily separated from their peers as a very last resort to protect others. When this happens, they receive extra support from specially trained staff. We are bolstering training for every frontline officer, backed by £5m of funding, to improve care and support for all those in custody. Children are never separated as a punishment. The information relating to the number of separations is provided below: <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby - Main</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby - Keppel Unit</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period of Removal</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) up to three days</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) up to 14 days</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) up to 21 days</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) up to 42 days</p></td><td><p>20-25</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(e) more than 42 days</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(i) Age</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(ii) Sex</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>170-180</p></td><td><p>22-27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(iii) Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Stated</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(iv) Disability</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>For the period in question, we are not able to provide information on a child’s or young person's disability status at the point they were separated, as this is a new reporting function, which came into effect for those who entered custody after April 2021.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(v) Reason for Removal</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prevent Harm to Others</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prevent Harm to Self</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Self-Isolation</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pending Adjudication</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>112</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>177</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><em>Notes:</em><ul><li><em>Source: bespoke returns from establishments, collated monthly. </em></li><li><em>Table includes completed separations ending on or after 1 April 2021 and those starting on or before 31 March 2022. </em></li><li><em># indicates a value of 5 or fewer, which has been suppressed in order to prevent the possible identification of individuals.</em></li><li><em>Where a suppressed value could be calculated from other values, secondary suppression has been applied by providing a range that the true figure lies within.</em></li><li><em>Breakdowns (i) to (v) do not include cases where the information is not known.</em></li><li><em>This is internal management information and subject to change.</em></li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/02/2023 15:09:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1544299

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle youth offending.
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Dean Russell
	uin	902362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>We are investing £55 million across the country, including £520,692 in Hertfordshire, in the new ‘Turnaround’ programme to divert 17,000 young people away from offending and crime.</p><p>We are providing £5 million to grassroots organisations to get troubled children into sports and to learn discipline and respect.</p><p>We have completely redesigned the Key Performance Indicators used to measure local Youth Offending Teams’ performance, to ensure they are as effective as possible in preventing and tackling crime.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/11/2022 17:45:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1535533

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle youth offending.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
	uin	69856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to tackling youth offending, protecting the public and helping young people turn around their lives. In 2020/21, 15,800 children were cautioned or sentenced, a 17% decrease on the previous year and an 82% decrease over the previous ten years.</p><p>In 2021/22, we invested £81.9 million in local authority youth offending teams, a £7 million (9%) increase in comparison to the year before to ensure that they can continue to tackle youth offending and reoffending.</p><p>Furthermore, through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, we legislated to ensure that those young offenders who commit the most serious offences remain in prison for a period that reflects the seriousness of their offending.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 31/10/2022 16:38:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1487346

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken with the relevant stakeholders to develop a method to assess the maturity of offenders entering the justice system up to the age of 21.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) has developed a maturity screening tool for young adult men. This tool is available for use with all men aged 18-25 years of age within the prison and probation population. This maturity tool is a screening tool which is designed to identify those with the lowest levels of maturity, establish likely demand for services and interventions and to help practitioners to identify those individuals with lower levels of maturity who are most in need of support. The screening tool came into use in November 2018, however, has not yet been validated for use with female prisoners and work is ongoing to confirm if it can be used.</p><p>We are also currently working with senior civil servants in DHSC to improve screening for neurodivergent conditions/disorders/differences and Acquired Brain Injury, which are often associated with lower levels of maturity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/07/2022 09:04:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1381489

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were known to youth offending services and have had (a) gangs or (b) child criminal exploitation noted as an issue in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	80260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>Between April 2017 and March 2020, Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) recorded 67,372 children (26,681 in 2017/18, 21,665 in 2018/19 and 19,026 in 2019/20) receiving a caution or court sentence. This does not include children YOTs worked with who were on bail or remand and did not subsequently receive a caution or court sentence, or children who have not received a pre-court or court disposal, such as community resolutions.</p><p>It is not currently possible to specify the proportion of those children who have gang or child criminal exploitation. Data-recording requirements were amended in 2019 and 2020 to collect this data; changes are being made to IT systems to allow this to be analysed and published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/11/2021 14:53:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown