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Publication - FOI/EIR release

Statistics relating to children sentenced to life imprisonment: FOI release

Published
2 March 2020
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Part of
Children and families, Law and order, Public sector
FOI reference
FOI/202000015410
Date received
9 February 2020
Date responded
25 February 2020

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

You asked:

Question 1: How many children have been sentenced to life imprisonment or given a mandatory life sentence in the last two decades?
Question 2: How many children have been convicted and/or sentenced for murder?

If possible can the statistics be given in a disaggregated form for each year up to 18 years of age please.

Response

The information requested is provided in the attached excel table.

About FOI

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FOI/202000015410 - Information released
Excel document
12.2 kB

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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