§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if will list in the Official Report the number of children convicted on indictment who were released on licence under section 206 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 in each of the years 1978 to 1984.
§ Mr. AncramThe number of persons, sentenced as children and released on licence under section 206(2) of388W the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1967, as amended by section 44 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, before the end of their sentences, was:
Number 1978 34 1979 18 1980 18 1981 5 1982 15 1983 18 1984 8
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of children given custodial sentences following conviction on indictment for each of the years 1976 to 1984.
§ Mr. AncramThe numbers of children given custodial sentences following conviction on indictment in the years 1976 to 1983 are give in the following table. Information for 1984 is not yet available.
Custodial sentences imposed on children in Scotland Number 1976 33 1977 38 1978 18 1979 21 1980 7 1981 9 1982 13 1983 13