§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has commissioned into the levels of juvenile crime and the extent of offending on bail by juveniles.
§ Mr. JackInformation about the number of juvenile offenders is collected routinely by the Home Office and published annually in "Criminal Statistics". This information is supplemented by a number of research projects including a national self-report study of delinquency, initial results from which will be available this year.
No figures are held centrally on the extent of offending on bail by juveniles, but research is being undertaken into the bail process in five areas as part of the Home Office's work to reduce the level of offending on bail. This is expected to produce, inter alia, information about the level of offending by juveniles on bail.
§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had about measures that might be introduced to reduce juvenile crime.