Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 88327

Young Offenders

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 13 November 2025

Question

Janet Daby

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants under the age of 18 who have been remanded by the police are released by the court at the first hearing on (a) sentence, (b) bail and (c) for other reasons.

Answer

Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on pre-court remands at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Remand data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK.However, data ...

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