19650 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister for Children

19650 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister for Children: How many, if any, young offenders in the care of Oranga Tamariki are on remand, as an absolute number, every year since 2015?

Hon Karen Chhour: I refer the Member to the attached table which shows the number of children and young people remanded in the custody of the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki, broken down by financial year. I also refer the Member to the information available in the Oranga Tamariki report titled ‘Youth justice custody trends’, which is available at: www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/About-us/Research/Latest-research/Youth-Justice-custody-trends/Youth-justice-custody-trends.pdf.