Written questions

Sentencing: Young Offenders

Commons · Question 16091 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 9 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for those convicted aged 16 to 25 at the time of sentencing for cases included in the CPS Joint Enterprise National Monitoring Scheme 2024-25 by ethnicity and sex.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 9 Jul 2026

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on average sentence length for a variety of offences including murder and attempted murder in England and Wales. These data are available by ethnicity and sex in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downlo...