§ 44. Mr. BERNAYSasked the Home Secretary the percentage of persons convicted of burglary between the ages of 16 and 21 in 1924 and in 1934, or, if the latter figures are not yet worked out, at the nearest available date?
§ Sir J. GILMOURIn 1924 the total number of persons convicted of burglary was 321, and, of these, 64, or approximately 20 per cent., were aged 16 to 21. The corresponding figures for 1933, which are the latest available, were 333 and 78, or approximately 23 per cent.