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(ii) Assaults in Secure Training Centres

While the Youth Justice Board collects data from all secure establishments, the information requested is only available from the period April 2007. The total number of incidents involving (a) trainee on trainee, and (b) trainee on staff for the period of April 2007 to March 2008 is as follows.

Secure Training Centre	Young person on young person	Young person on staff
Hassockfield STC	98	62
Medway STC	168	252
Oakhill STC	258	557
Rainsbrook STC	108	197

Young Offenders: Custodial Sentencing

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17-year-olds were given custodial sentences in each police force area since 1997; and what the average length of sentences was. [200247]

Maria Eagle: The requested information is contained in the following tables.

Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.

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Persons aged 15 to 17 sentenced( 1) to immediate custody by police force area and age, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006
Number of persons
	1997			1998			1999			2000			2001
Force	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	16	17
Avon and Somerset	11	30	55	9	26	48	2	21	45	11	23	50	15	28	42
Bedfordshire	23	30	55	21	63	47	23	41	52	18	20	40	14	17	44
Cambridgeshire	13	21	45	8	25	44	15	28	48	13	20	40	15	30	28
Cheshire	13	41	58	18	29	60	21	27	63	19	30	56	16	36	58
City of London	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cleveland	24	50	73	19	30	77	17	30	66	22	33	62	15	22	41
Cumbria	15	23	28	10	17	45	16	16	38	16	20	35	18	33	38
Derbyshire	19	34	46	23	35	56	26	44	79	21	34	46	19	38	46
Devon and Cornwall	19	37	49	7	31	66	13	17	59	3	15	27	7	11	19
Dorset	4	12	28	5	13	32	15	16	30	10	13	20	5	7	19
Durham	18	36	41	20	31	67	30	54	67	13	32	52	13	28	42
Essex	30	65	91	19	62	112	26	37	83	30	49	59	31	63	104
Gloucestershire	2	4	43	7	4	26	3	10	24	6	16	36	6	12	12
Greater Manchester	90	182	316	94	182	290	117	185	280	127	170	275	128	220	287
Hampshire	23	33	85	22	66	73	41	93	120	59	72	111	34	53	90
Hertfordshire	9	14	37	6	13	26	5	18	34	3	23	48	13	18	34
Humberside	20	52	77	33	46	87	20	57	91	21	31	50	39	40	60
Kent	27	67	74	31	78	105	24	45	77	32	42	64	42	55	88
Lancashire	30	76	120	31	65	113	27	78	104	31	59	100	37	56	87
Leicestershire	56	72	100	26	63	110	28	69	95	30	50	86	47	46	77
Lincolnshire	—	10	46	6	9	29	10	4	30	3	9	29	3	19	33
Merseyside	34	64	112	24	67	115	30	74	83	44	81	113	49	83	124
Metropolitan Police	174	311	544	166	316	494	151	329	513	173	328	502	177	344	464
Norfolk	4	5	20	7	9	23	7	20	29	7	19	20	13	13	22
North Yorkshire	12	28	36	10	23	38	15	22	56	13	26	53	17	19	44
Northamptonshire	2	11	38	8	25	39	8	29	48	12	8	33	3	24	16
Northumbria	51	121	141	47	105	171	41	102	190	35	63	128	33	81	117
Nottinghamshire	42	72	125	37	76	113	43	64	120	42	55	115	49	50	87
South Yorkshire	53	67	133	41	59	124	20	56	110	43	67	100	36	58	85
Staffordshire	16	26	69	17	32	59	17	45	71	4	44	51	42	34	66
Suffolk	3	16	23	8	11	28	7	23	45	6	13	32	4	12	19
Surrey	7	17	16	6	16	19	—	10	17	1	13	16	10	13	25
Sussex	9	43	63	10	56	70	14	28	63	11	27	61	22	35	66
Thames Valley	8	43	80	14	47	73	12	38	83	34	61	98	25	61	87
Warwickshire	9	12	23	3	9	19	11	15	24	11	8	39	9	13	23
West Mercia	12	28	50	8	37	50	12	33	70	23	32	56	23	42	63
West Midlands	97	200	332	94	208	335	103	220	358	112	217	332	151	231	345
West Yorkshire	61	98	190	58	105	183	79	131	236	69	113	169	53	139	181
Wiltshire	1	14	20	9	12	18	5	19	25	5	15	30	5	5	15
Dyfed-Powys	3	9	19	5	3	16	3	3	24	1	11	17	8	11	7
Gwent	3	17	39	19	29	53	18	32	46	8	18	32	5	13	21
North Wales	6	11	31	7	13	31	14	19	36	7	28	30	23	18	29
South Wales	40	68	117	59	96	128	55	106	153	55	92	147	71	89	96

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