Question follow-through · 29038
Life Imprisonment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are serving life sentences of detention for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are serving life sentences of detention for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The data requested is not held centrally and would only be available at a disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners: Afghanistan
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Prisoners: Veterans
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were armed forces veterans on 24 February 2025.
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown by country of people designated as Foreign National Offenders.
Domestic Abuse: Suicide
13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on reviewing sentencing for instances of coercive control that leads to the suicide of the victim.
Prisons: Food
14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of food supplied to the prison estate is sourced from British farms.
Rape: Victim Support Schemes
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding is available to the Male Rape Fund in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department provides support to SurvivorsUK’s webchat.
Victim Support Schemes: Finance
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for victim and witness support services was in 2024-25.
Rape: Victim Support Schemes
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department provides support to Safeline’s national male rape helpline.
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for male victims of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault.
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of foreign nationals from (a) Guinea-Bissau and (b) Portugal that have been convicted in the UK since 2010.
Human Trafficking: Children
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of child trafficking by (a) nationality and (b) arresting police force in each year since 2010.