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Sentencing: Young Offenders

Commons · Question 16092 · 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 (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

Answered by Jake Richards, 9 Jul 2026

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...