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Young People: Remand in Custody

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children were received into a remand institution on a Saturday in the latest year for which figures are available. [289382]

Maria Eagle: The statistics collected by the Youth Justice Board record the number of occasions on which young people have received a custodial remand, rather than the number of individual young people who have been so remanded (these figures are different because a young person may experience more than one period in custody on remand). In the year 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 there were 588 episodes of custodial remand which started on a Saturday.

The data have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board and have been drawn from administrative IT
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systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and may be subject to change over time.

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people aged 17 years who are remanded in custody. [289386]

Maria Eagle: The decision whether to grant bail or to remand a young person to the care of a local authority or to custody is a matter for the courts, which operate within the statutory framework, which is principally set out in the Bail Act 1976.

The Youth Justice Board is seeking to ensure that no young person under 18 is remanded to custody if a workable alternative can be found. It has produced a toolkit, which it intends shortly to update and relaunch, for use in conjunction with Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) for this purpose. The measures that YOTs can take to minimise use of custodial remand include setting up panels to conduct regular reviews of custody decisions; provision of bail support packages; steps to improve relationships with the courts; and remand fostering.

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will undertake an assessment of local variation in the use of custodial remand in relation to children. [289869]

Maria Eagle: The decision whether to grant bail or to remand a young person to the care of a local authority or to custody is a matter for the courts, which operate within the statutory framework, which is principally set out in the Bail Act 1976.

Information on local court practice is produced six-monthly by the Sentencing Guidelines Council. The Youth Justice Board, through communications with sentencers, and performance analysis and support for youth offending teams, is working to support a reduction in the use of custody, including custodial remand, across England and Wales.

Youth Custody

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young offenders aged (a) up to 16 and (b) 17 years of age were sent to custodial institutions (i) on remand and (ii) under sentence in each local authority area in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [289379]

Maria Eagle: The Youth Justice Board collects data by the young person's home Youth Offending Team area (some of which cover more than one local authority) and figures for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 are provided in the following table.

The data have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board and have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and may be subject to change over time.


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Remanded Sentenced
Youth Offending Team Up to 16 17 Total Up to 16 17 Total

Barking and Dagenham

14

15

29

25

16

41

Barnet

14

15

29

5

10

15

Barnsley

3

12

15

14

8

22

Bath and North East Somerset

3

3

6

7

5

12

Bedfordshire

16

16

32

15

14

29

Bexley

5

3

8

9

6

15

Birmingham

93

98

191

130

107

237

Blackburn with Darwen

10

6

16

17

5

22

Blackpool

13

20

33

22

12

34

Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly

2

7

9

9

8

17

Bolton

19

26

45

20

23

43

Bournemouth and Poole

4

8

12

6

7

13

Bracknell Forest

4

12

16

5

11

16

Bradford

36

34

70

35

36

71

Brent

35

28

63

28

22

50

Bridgend

2

5

7

4

11

15

Brighton and Hove

7

9

16

15

18

33

Bristol

32

34

66

39

24

63

Bromley

14

14

28

13

8

21

Buckinghamshire

5

9

14

6

9

15

Bury

4

7

11

19

7

26

Calderdale

14

19

33

21

21

42

Cambridgeshire

9

17

26

14

17

31

Camden

10

12

22

6

12

18

Cardiff

28

26

54

39

16

55

Carmarthenshire

8

11

19

11

11

22

Ceredigion

0

1

1

0

3

3

Cheshire

14

25

39

24

34

58

Conwy and Denbighshire

8

11

19

9

14

23

Cornwall

12

10

22

7

11

18

Coventry

16

24

40

25

28

53

Croydon

24

37

61

31

22

53

Cumbria

10

24

34

32

39

71

Darlington

4

4

8

9

7

16

Derby

31

13

44

47

25

72

Derbyshire

12

11

23

48

24

72

Devon

7

8

15

10

12

22

Doncaster

13

15

28

22

24

46

Dorset

1

1

2

0

3

3

Dudley

2

19

21

22

19

41

Durham

9

13

22

14

18

32

Ealing

29

40

69

18

21

39

East Riding of Yorkshire

2

3

5

9

7

16

East Sussex

11

19

30

14

21

35

Enfield

18

25

43

13

17

30

Essex

14

32

46

37

43

80

Flintshire

4

3

7

8

8

16

Gateshead

5

9

14

11

9

20

Gloucestershire

.13

14

27

16

10

26

Greenwich

17

31

48

14

18

32

Gwynedd Mon

3

6

9

7

11

18

Hackney

39

46

85

30

29

59

Halton and Warrington

11

14

25

27

20

47

Hammersmith and Fulham

15

7

22

10

6

16

Haringey

18

19

37

18

16

34

Harrow

10

5

15

4

3

7

Hartlepool

7

8

15

1

4

5

Havering

7

18

25

10

11

21

Hertfordshire

18

26

44

21

20

41

Hillingdon

19

15

34

23

17

40

Hounslow

14

31

45

9

9

18

Islington

25

21

46

25

17

42

Kensington and Chelsea

11

9

20

5

11

16

Kent

42

61

103

55

50

105

Kingston-Upon-Hull

34

19

53

28

23

51

Kingston-Upon-Thames

7

3

10

7

5

12

Kirklees

14

12

26

48

15

63

Knowsley

11

10

21

9

10

19

Lambeth

34

36

70

41

33

74

Lancashire

40

45

85

72

47

119

Leeds

59

51

110

99

40

139

Leicester City

20

22

42

43

24

67

Leicestershire

11

15

26

12

11

23

Lewisham

33

26

59

30

22

52

Lincolnshire

7

6

13

13

14

27

Liverpool

48

34

82

62

59

121

Luton

4

6

10

10

11

21

Manchester

86

77

163

90

68

158

Medway

11

17

28

17

16

33

Merthyr Tydfil

8

3

11

26

9

35

Merton

4

7

11

17

10

27

Milton Keynes

11

10

21

12

11

23

Miscellaneous

0

1

1

0

0

0

Monmouthshire and Torfaen

1

2

3

4

3

7

Neath Port Talbot

4

4

8

4

6

10

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

19

33

52

14

11

25

Newham

34

42

76

43

20

63

Newport

7

7

14

18

5

23

Norfolk

11

15

26

36

22

58

North East Lincolnshire

13

15

28

18

17

35

North Lincolnshire

23

18

41

25

17

42

North Somerset

7

5

12

8

9

17

North Tyneside

6

6

12

18

17

35

North Yorkshire

7

16

23

15

23

38

Northamptonshire

22

26

48

31

21

52

Northumberland

8

9

17

5

6

11

Nottingham

41

50

91

60

53

113

Nottinghamshire

14

16

30

32

26

58

Oldham

16

10

26

26

12

38

Oxfordshire

20

26

46

19

15

34

Pembrokeshire

3

6

9

0

2

2

Peterborough

9

12

21

35

15

50

Plymouth

9

9

18

11

14

25

Powys

1

0

1

2

4

6

Reading

4

8

12

8

9

17

Redbridge

22

19

41

21

15

36

Rhondda Cynon Taff

10

12

22

13

20

33

Richmond-upon-Thames

3

4

7

6

2

8

Rochdale

17

19

36

31

24

55

Rotherham

13

21

34

28

23

51

Salford

12

16

28

24

28

52

Sandwell

26

17

43

26

19

45

Sefton

7

16

23

13

11

24

Sheffield

43

50

93

38

43

81

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

10

14

24

17

17

34

Slough

5

8

13

4

6

10

Solihull

9

9

18

7

5

12

Somerset

5

13

18

8

11

19

South Gloucestershire

4

4

8

6

8

14

South Tees

21

19

40

30

27

57

South Tyneside

4

8

12

6

5

11

Southend-on-Sea

9

7

16

17

15

32

Southwark

31

46

77

46

46

92

St. Helens

8

14

22

13

8

21

Staffordshire

13

13

26

21

26

47

Stockport

'5

10

15

15

17

32

Stockton-on-Tees

6

7

13

14

6

20

Stoke-on-Trent

19

14

33

21

17

38

Suffolk

13

21

34

24

33

57

Sunderland

1

3

4

11

11

22

Surrey

9

13

22

4

11

15

Sutton

3

5

8

7

6

13

Swansea

6

7

13

9

12

21

Swindon

6

5

11

6

4

10

Tameside

3

19

22

17

14

31

Thurrock

2

14

16

7

14

21

Torbay

5

2

7

5

2

7

Tower Hamlets and City of London

16

19

35

21

18

39

Trafford

14

17

31

22

20

42

Vale of Glamorgan

6

11

17

7

10

17

Wakefield

6

13

19

8

15

23

Walsall

8

15

23

20

15

35

Waltham Forest

18

21

39

22

15

37

Wandsworth

20

30

50

24

24

48

Warwickshire

5

9

14

12

12

24

Wessex

68

87

155

113

99

212

West Berkshire

1

5

6

5

2

7

West Sussex

26

29

55

26

14

40

Westminster

10

9

19

14

9

23

Wigan

4

12

16

25

18

43

Wiltshire

0

3

3

4

2

6

Windsor and Maidenhead

3

2

5

2

1

3

Wirral

17

13

30

17

14

31

Wokingham

2

4

6

5

1

6

Wolverhampton

13

11

24

19

19

38

Worcestershire and Herefordshire

14

16

30

39

24

63

Wrexham

8

14

22

17

15

32

York

6

15

21

8

14

22

Grand Total

2,255

2,683

4,938

3,232

2,727

5,959

Notes:
The following Youth Offending Teams cover more than one local authority area:
Bournemouth and Poole (Bournemouth and Poole local authorities)
Cornwall (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly local authorities)
Halton and Warrington (Halton and Warrington local authorities)
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin local authorities)
South Tees (Redcar, Cleveland and Middlesbrough local authorities)
Tower Hamlets and City of London (Tower Hamlets and City of London local authorities)
Wessex (Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth local authorities)
Worcestershire and Herefordshire (Worcestershire and Herefordshire local authorities).

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