These statistics concentrate on the flow of children (aged 10 to 17) through the youth justice system in England and Wales. The data described comes from various sources including the Home Office (HO), Youth Custody Service (YCS), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), youth justice services and youth secure estate providers. The report is produced by the Statistics and Analysis Team in the Youth Justice Board (YJB).
\n\nData are provided on the trends of stop and searches, arrests, first time entrants, children cautioned or sentenced, proven offences, criminal history, remand, those in youth custody, proven reoffending and comparisons to the adult system.
\n\nThe report is published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter, additional annexes, local level data, including in an open and accessible format, an infographic and local level maps.
\n\nPre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons (reflecting the cross-departmental responsibility for children committing crime and reoffending):
\n\nSecretary of State for Justice, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Head of News, Deputy Director Youth Justice Policy, Head of Reducing Reoffending and Probation Data & Statistics, CJS Analysis Programme Data and Delivery, Head of Criminal Court Statistics, Statistical officer PNC and Criminal Histories team and the relevant special advisers, private secretaries, analysts and press officers.
\n\nYCS Executive Director, YCS Head of Business Development and Improvement and any relevant analysts.
\n\nChair (Interim), Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Business Intelligence and Insights (Interim), Head of Statistics and Analysis, Head of Communications and any relevant analysts and communication officers.
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