§ 14. Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children between the ages of 10 and 16 years were convicted or cautioned for indictable offences in the Metropolitan Police area in 1977; and how this figure compares in percentage terms with 1976.
§ Mr. JohnThe latest available information is for 1976, when there were 20,166 persons aged 10 and under 17 found guilty of or cautioned for indictable offences in the Metropolitan Police area; this represented an increase of 4 per cent. over the corresponding figure for 1975.