HL Deb 09 February 1944 vol 130 cc755-6
LORD SOUTHWOOD

My Lords, I beg to ask the question standing on the Paper in my name.

[The question was as follows:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are in a position to provide statistics about changes in the age groups of magistrates in juvenile courts since the end of October, 1943.]

LORD TEMPLEMORE

My Lords, I have been asked to reply to this question. As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the noble Lord's permission, circulate it in the Official Report.

The answer was as follows:

Returns of the new juvenile court panels which took office in November, 1943, have been received from 977 of the 986 petty sessional divisions, and a classification of the ages of the justices in five-year groups gives the following results:

Men. Women. Total. Percentage of ages stated.
Under 40 112 72 184 2.3
40–44 270 148 418 5.1
45–49 436 274 710 8.7
50–54 690 442 1,132 13.8
55–59 989 459 1,448 17.8
60–64 1,218 479 1,697 20.8
65–69 935 390 1,325 16.2
70–74 659 214 873 10.7
75–79 222 77 299 3.7
80–84 50 13 63 0.8
85–89 4 2 6 0.1
Over 90 — — — —
Age not stated 25 11 36 —
Total 5,610 2,581 8,191 —

The 1940 figures were as follows:

Men. Women. Total. Percentage of ages stated.
Under 40 94 52 146 1.8
40–44 170 119 289 3.5
45–49 313 193 506 6.1
50–54 555 352 907 11.0
55–59 990 419 1,409 17.1
60–64 1,158 471 1,629 19.7
65–69 1,163 369 1,532 18.6
70–74 931 233 1,164 14.1
75–79 430 85 515 6.2
80–84 121 20 141 1.7
85–89 13 3 16 0.2
Over 90 3 — 3 —
Age not stated 315 106 421 —
Total 6,256 2,422 8,678 —

House adjourned.