questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many life sentences have been handed out to people under the age of 16 in the last five years.
answerText: Between year ending September 2021 and year ending September 2025, 10 defendants aged under 16 have been given a life sentence. This is a further breakdown of published sentencing outcomes data released routinely as part of the Accredited Official Statist...
heading: Life Imprisonment: Children