§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the percentage of people arrested for indictable crimes for each year from 1970 to 1978 in the Metropolitan Police area who were aged (a) 10 to 14 years, (b) 15 years, (c) 16 years, (d) 17 years, (e) 18 years, (f) 19 years, (g) 20 years, (h) 21 years, (i) 21 to 25 years and (j) 25 to 30 years; and if he will give the figures for the United Kingdom as a whole for these age groups.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information readily available on the numbers of persons of different ages arrested for indictable offences in the Metropolitan Police district 631W is published in the annual report of the given in the following table. Correspond-Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; the corresponding percentages are
PERSONS ARRESTED* FOR INDICTABLE OFFENCES BY AGE GROUP METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT Percentage of arrests Year Age group 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 10–13 11 12 11 12 ֵ 9 8 9 8 14 6 6 19 20 ֵ 20 19 20 19 15 5 6 16 6 6 17 5 6 20 20 ֵ 22 22 22 23 18 5 5 19 5 5 20 5 4 21–30 52 50 27 26 ֵ 26 26 25 25 31 and over 23 23 ֵ 23 25 24 25 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 * Persons proceeded against by means of a charge, referral to a juvenile bureau, a caution or in some other way; arrests not followed by any action are not included. ֵ Not available.