HC Deb 18 July 1974 vol 877 cc216-7W
Mr. Edward Gardner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has about the number of children between 10 and 16 years old who have been arrested in the police metropolitan district in respect of each one of the following offences: burglary, robbery and theft, from 1st January to 3rd June, 1974, compared with the number of adults arrested in the same district during the same period for the same offences.

Dr. Summerskill

I regret that figures for the first six months of this year are not yet available.