Question follow-through · 10288
Offenders: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how is the age of an offender determined by the courts; and are any scientific age assessments used.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how is the age of an offender determined by the courts; and are any scientific age assessments used.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
Where an offender’s age is in doubt in criminal proceedings, the court must determine age on the basis of the available evidence. In practice, this may include an adjournment so that an age assessment can be carried out.Where documentary evidence is not a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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