§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for the last five years, in Northamptonshire(a) the number of indictable offences known to have been committed by offenders aged under 17 years, and 17 to 21 years, and the number per 100,000
Offenders found guilty or cautioned for indictable offences Northamptonshire 1983–1987 Number of offenders found guilty or cautioned Number of offenders found guilty or cautioned per100,000 population Number of offenders cautioned Proportion of offenders found guilty or cautioned who were cautioned Number of offenders given non-custodial disposals Proportion of those sentenced given non-custodial disposals Age group 10–16 1983 2,161 3,558 1,535 71.0 559 89.3 1984 2,083 3,538 1,714 82.3 293 79.4 1985 1,923 3,344 1,650 85.8 225 82.4 1986 1,254 2,246 1,076 85.8 151 83.9 1987 1,083 2,007 934 86.2 117 78.5 Age group 17–20 1983 1,607 4,405 173 10.8 1,185 82.5 1984 1,521 4,380 221 14.5 1,076 82.6 1985 1,468 4,078 179 12.2 1,024 79.8 1986 1,364 3,782 194 14.2 938 79.5 1987 1,363 3,809 247 18.1 880 78.8