HL Deb 23 July 1986 vol 479 c370WA
Baroness Faithfull

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many young offenders were sentenced under Section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each year from 1980 to 1985, and how many of these sentences in each year were for offences of burglary.

Lord Glenarthur

Information on the numbers sentenced under Section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 is published annually inCriminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables, Volume 2 (Table s.2.1(A) for 1983 and 1984, and Table S.2.1(a)(i) for earlier years). The figures requested are brought together in the following table:

Persons sentenced to be detained under Section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933
England and Wales Number of persons
Year Type of offence Total
Burglary Other offences
1980 11 54 65
1981 10 74 84
1982 4 59 63
1983 6 69 75
1984 10 85 95