§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Horne Departmet how many (a) males and (b)females above and below pensionable age respectively have been (c) convicted and (d) acquitted of shoplifting offences for each of the last five years for which records are available in (i) Essex, (ii) Northamptonshire and (iii) the Metropolitan area.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 21 February 1984, c. 444.]: The information which can be made available without incurring disproportionate cost is given in the following tables:
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Number of persons Found Guilty Acquitted Essex Northamptonshire Metropolitan Police District Essex Northamptonshire Metropolitan Police District 1981 1982 1981 1982 1981 1982 1981 1982 1981 1982 1981 1982 Persons under pensionable age found guilty or acquitted of shoplifting at all courts by year and sex in certain police force areas Magistrates' courts Males 783 880 4461 452 7,967 8,167 62 71 27 20 497 557 Females 521 551 298 266 6,322 6,350 60 65 31 24 491 513 Crown Court Males 47 48 22 30 468 44 * * * * * * Females 30 17 6 14 319 269 * * * * * * Persons of pensionable age found guilty or acquitted of shoplifting at all courts by year and sex in certain police force areas Magistrates' courts Males 5 11 8 10 291 286 2 — 2 1 61 46 Females 8 20 10 12 449 433 7 2 1 1 131 123 Crown Court Males — — — — 8 4 * * * * * * Females — — — — 8 10 * * * * * * * Not available, but likely to be very small numbers.