HC Deb 04 May 1982 vol 23 cc10-1W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the numbers of persons between the age of 16 and 21 years receiving custodial sentences in each of the petty sessional divisions in Cumbria for each year from 1974 to 1981.

Mr. Mayhew

The information readily available relates to males aged 17 and under 21 years sentenced for

Males aged 17 and under 21 given custodial sentences for indictable offences by magistrates' courts in Petty Sessional Divisions in Cumbria*
Number of males
1979 1980
Petty Sessional Division Immediate custody† Suspended sentence‡ Committed for sentence under section 28 or 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 Immediate custody† Suspended sentence‡ Committed for sentence under section 28 or 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952
Alston
Ambleside and Windermere 2 1 1
Barrow-in-Furness 6 8 25 9 10 12
Bootle 1 2
Carlisle 22 5 36 15 3 26
Cockermouth 1 1
East Ward 1 1
Hawkshead
Kendal 2 3 2 5
Keswick 1 1 1
Lonsdale Ward
Maryport 2 4 1
North Lonsdale 1 4 4 1 2
Penrith 1 1 1
West Ward 1
Whitehaven 3 4 8 3 7
Wigton 1 1
Workington 3 1 1 3
CUMBRIA 41 22 74 42 22 60
* The numbers are subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and are therefore not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown.
† Immediate imprisonment or detention centre.
‡ These are included because they may lead to the offenders being sentenced to custody for the offence.