HC Deb 20 March 1986 vol 94 c268W
9. Mr. Woodall

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the percentage increase in the number of young people under 21 years cautioned for, or found guilty of, burglary between 1979 and 1984.

22. Mr. Wareing

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people aged under 21 years were cautioned for, and found guilty of, burglary in 1979 and 1984, respectively.

Mr. Terry Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people under 21 years were cautioned for, or found guilty of, indictable offences in 1979 and 1984, respectively.

Mr. Hurd

In 1979 just under 275,000 offenders under 21 were cautioned for or found guilty of indictable offences; the figure for 1984 was nearly 305,000. Of these, 169,000 in 1979 and just under 178,000 in 1984 were offences of theft or handling stolen goods. For burglary, the figures were 49,400 in 1979 and 59,900 in 1984, an increase of 21 per cent.

32. Mr. Lofthouse

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the percentage increase in the number of young people under 21 years cautioned for, and found guilty of, indictable offences between 1979 and 1984.

Mr. Mellor

11 per cent.

37. Ms. Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the percentage increase in the number of young people aged under 21 years cautioned for, or found guilty of, theft between 1979 and 1984.

Mr. Mellor

Five per cent.