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These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.



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Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

This table shows the numbers of sentences given to offenders aged under 18 and those where an immediate custodial sentence was the outcome. It is based on published data at the following weblink:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/sentencingannual.htm.

These figures 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. The above tables all relate only to England and Wales; for information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland please refer to the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Prison Service respectively.


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