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...