Young Offenders
Commons · Question 88327 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Jake Richards, 13 Nov 2025
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 ...