AQW 17303/22-27


Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim


Tabled Date: 23/10/2024
Answered On Date: 29/10/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail all (i) court prosecutions; and (ii) out of court diversionary disposals for children in each of the last three years, broken down by age group between the age of 10 and 17.


Answer:
Information on the number of prosecutions and convictions at courts and for out of court diversionary disposals for the period from 2021 to 2023, the most recent year for which statistics are available, has been provided.
Prosecutions and Convictions at courts for 10 - 17 year olds, 2021 - 2023
 
2021
2022
Age
Prosecutions
Convictions
Prosecutions
Convictions
10
-
-
-
-
11
-
-
-
-
12
*
-
17
9
13
#
18
34
25
14
62
44
37
27
15
127
95
108
76
16
160
118
144
116
17
328
257
232
191
Total
698
532
572
444
 
2023
Age
Prosecutions
Convictions
10
*
-
11
*
-
12
16
*
13
33
#
14
64
34
15
78
50
16
210
157
17
268
198
Total
672
466
Notes:
1. Figures relate to initial disposal at courts. Appeals are not included.
2. Figures relate to cases dealt with at courts where there was a prosecution or conviction for at least one offence during the period specified.
3. Figures relate to cases dealt with at Crown Court and magistrates' courts.
4. Age is at date case was dealt with.
* means a figure of less than 3 has been treated under rules of disclosure.
# means a figure of 3 or more has been treated to prevent disclosure of a small number elsewhere.
Out of court diversionary disposals for 10 - 17 year olds, 2021 - 2023
Age
2021
2022
2023
10
*
3
11
11
#
11
13
12
31
67
63
13
78
95
114
14
125
144
189
15
166
212
183
16
225
212
256
17
254
234
208
Total
893
978
1,037
Note:
1. Figures relate to cases where an out of court diversionary disposal such as a Caution, Informed Warning or Youth Conference Plan was the outcome.
2. Age is at date case was dealt with.
* means a figure of less than 3 has been treated under rules of disclosure.
# means a figure of 3 or more has been treated to prevent disclosure of a small number elsewhere.