Justice written question – answered at on 2 September 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many out-of-court disposals for young people have been issued by type of disposal in each year from 2010 to date.
The number of out of court disposals issued to juveniles (aged 10 to 17 years), by disposal type, in England and Wales, in each year from 2010 to 2012 (latest available), can be viewed in the table.
The number of out of court disposals issued to juveniles (aged 10 to 17 years), fell by 42% between 2010 and 2012.
Please note, the out-of-court disposal data in the table include cautions, penalty notice for disorders (PND) and cannabis warnings, however, cannabis warnings are only available for adults.
Juveniles (aged 10 to 17 years) issued an out of court disposal, by disposal type, England & Wales, 2010-12(1, 2, 3) | |||
Outcome | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Cautioned | 52,989 | 44,232 | 32,673 |
Issued Penalty Notice for Disorder | 10,018 | 7,308 | 3,663 |
Total out of court disposals | 63,007 | 51,540 | 36,336 |
(1) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (2) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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