Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 16092

Sentencing: Young Offenders

Tabled: 6 July 2026

Answered: 9 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (1) mean and (2) median tariff length is for people receiving a life sentence aged 16 to 25 at the time of sentencing in each year since 2015 by ethnicity.

Answer

Jake Richards

The following tables show the (1) mean and (2) median tariff lengths for people receiving a life sentence aged 16 to 25 at the time of sentencing, by ethnicity, in each year since 2015.Table 1: Mean tariff at sentence for life sentences by ethnicity and y...

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