§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons and how many persons per thousand population were found guilty of offences against the person in Cornwall, and in England and Wales, in 1964 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) how many persons and how many persons per thousand population were found guilty of offences in Cornwall, and in England and Wales, in 1964 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(3) what was the average annual increase in the number of persons found guilty of offences against the person in Cornwall, and in England and Wales, between 1959 and 1964 and between 1964 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganFollowing is the available information. The latest year for 91W which separate figures for Cornwall are available is 1967. The tables also give information for 1968 for the amalgamated
NUMBERS OF PERSONS FOUND GUILTY AT ALL COURTS OF INDICATABLE OFFENCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON. Cornwall Devon and Cornwall England and Wales Year Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population 1964 … … 60 0.17 242 0. 20 14,141 0.30 1967 … … 60 0.17 290 0.24 17,076 0.35 1968 … … Not available 359 0.29 18,338 0.38 Between 1964 and 1967 the percentage increase was: for Cornwall, nil; for England and Wales, 20.8 (average annual increase, 6.9). Information for years before 1964 is not readily available.
NUMBERS OF PERSONS FOUND GUILTY AT ALL COURTS OF INDICTABLE OFFENCES Cornwall Devon and Cornwall England and Wales Year Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population Number of persons Rate per thousand of total population 1964 … … 837 2.4 3,557 3.0 205,262 4.3 1967 … … 1,104 3.1 4,293 3. 5 242,208 5.0 1968 … … Not available 4,996 4.0 257,327 5.3
§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were found guilty of offences committed in Newquay in 1964 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganInformation is not available in precisely the form required, or separately for Newquay. In the Petty Sessional Division of Pydar, which comprises Newquay and St. Columb, 9 persons were committed for trial, and 68 persons convicted summarily, of indictable offences in 1964: the corresponding figures for 1968 were 9 and 188.