Statistics released in parliament following a question by Labour’s shadow youth justice minister Andy Slaughter detailed numbers of children held in the youth secure estate on each weeknight from 1 August to 5 September this year.
On 5 August, the day before rioting in Tottenham began, the number of children in custody stood at 2,104 and fell slightly to 2,094 by 10 August, before remands to custody as a result of the riots took hold.
Custody levels then rose sharply over the following days, reaching a peak of 2,265 on 23 August – an increase of 171, or 8.2 per cent, in the space of less than two weeks.
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