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<p>Reducing reoffending and better rehabilitation of young offenders are key priorities
for the Government and we are committed to providing young people with the support
they need to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information
on previous convictions for young people who offend, but this is not held by individual
establishment or by sector for the youth secure estate.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice
Board (YJB) Placements Team holds the assessment record of each young person currently
in custody, which would indicate whether or not they have a previous conviction. However,
this is management information used to inform individual custody placement decisions.
It is not intended for official reporting purposes and is not therefore of the same
nature as offending history data published in the MoJ official statistics report:
‘Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly Bulletin’, which is sourced from the Police
National Computer (PNC).</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on offending history for juvenile
offenders are published by the MoJ on a quarterly basis in the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics
Quarterly Bulletin’ at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-december-2013</a></p><p>
</p><p>The MoJ and YJB are investigating the feasibility of linking between YJB administrative
systems and the PNC to establish offending history by secure estate sector.</p><p>
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