HC Deb 24 June 1926 vol 197 cc521-2
7. Sir ROBERT NEWMAN

asked the Home Secretary the number of persons under 21 years of age who have been executed in England and Wales during the last 30 years and the relative ages of each?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The number of persons is 22, of whom five were between 18 and 19, nine between 19 and 20, and eight between 20 and 21 years of age upon conviction.