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.
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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
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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
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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).
