§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many 15-year-old girls were found guilty in (i) magistrates courts and (ii) Crown courts in(a) 1992 and (b) 1993; and for which offences;
(2) how many 15-year-old girls were cautioned or found guilty in (a) 1992 and (b) 1993; and for which offences;
583W(3) how many 15-year-old boys were cautioned or found guilty in (i) magistrates courts and (ii) Crown courts in (a) 1992 and (b) 1993; and for which offences;
(4) how many 15-year-old boys were cautioned or found guilty in (a) 1992 and (b) 1993; and for which offences.
Table A: number of 15-year-old females cautioned and/or found guilty of all offences at all courts by type of offence and type of court England and Wales 1992 Found guilty Offence Cautioned Magistrates' courts Crown Court Total cautioned or found guilty Indictable offences Violence against the person 786 173 3 962 Sexual offences 7 2 — 9 Burglary 188 69 5 262 Robbery 22 26 9 57 Theft and handling stolen goods 4,713 332 — 5,045 Fraud and forgery 98 6 — 104 Criminal damage 41 20 3 64 Drug offences 94 4 — 98 Other (excluding motoring offences) 24 26 — 50 Motoring offences 1 — — — Total 5,973 658 20 6,651 Summary offences Offences (excluding motoring offences) 837 155 — 992 Motoring offences 1 9 — 9 All offences 6,810 822 20 7,652 1 Not applicable.
Table B: number of 15-year-old males cautioned and/or found guilty of all offences at all courts by type of offence and type of court England and Wales 1992 Found guilty Offence Cautioned Magistrates' courts Crown Court Total cautioned or found guilty Indictable offences Violence against the person 1,783 692 26 2,501 Sexual offences 284 44 16 344 Burglary 2,213 1,415 64 3,692 Robbery 79 161 48 288 Theft and handling stolen goods 8,784 1,843 14 10,641 Fraud and forgery 196 40 — 236 Criminal damage 402 211 19 632 Drug offences 676 70 4 750 Other (excluding motoring offences) 308 215 19 542 Motoring offences 1 74 1 75 Total 14,725 4,765 211 19,701 Summary offences Offences (excluding motoring offences) 4,791 1,718 6 6,515 Motoring offences 1 380 2 382 All offences 19,516 6,863 219 26,598 1 Not applicable.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many incidents of self-harm involving 15-year-old girls on remand in penal custody were recorded in each month of 1993; and in which institutions these incidents occurred;
(2) how many incidents of self-harm involving 15-year-old boys on remand in penal custody were recorded in each month of 1993; and in which institutions these incidents occurred.
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§ Mr. MacleanInformation for 1992 is given in the tables. Data for 1993 will not be available until autumn 1994.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 28 February 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent questions about self-harm by 15 year olds in prison custody.
585WThe information you have requested is not routinely collected centrally, and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many 15-year-old girls were remanded in custody pending trial or sentence in 1993 and received custodial sentences at the conclusion of their trial;
(2) how many 15-year-old boys were remanded in custody pending trial or sentence in 1993 and received custodial sentences at the conclusion of their trial.
§ Mr. MacleanThe latest information is for 1992 and is provisional. During that year 377 males aged 15 were received as untried or convicted unsentenced by a Prison Service establishment in England and Wales, of whom 141
Provisional Receptions of 15-year-old males into prison service establishments, England and Wales each Month by Offence in 19932 Month Violence against the person Sex offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling Other offences Offence not recorded Total offences January 3 1 11 2 6 5 1 29 February 4 2 10 4 14 2 1 37 March 4 3 14 7 14 6 2 50 April 1 — 13 6 10 9 — 39 May 6 1 22 6 7 7 — 49 June 3 — 15 4 19 3 2 46 July 1 2 18 7 20 6 1 55 August 8 — 15 — 21 5 2 51 September 1 — 22 6 13 37 2 51 October 5 — 18 7 13 6 1 50 November 7 — 26 9 9 4 3 58 December 3 — 18 3 8 3 3 38 Total 46 9 202 61 154 63 18 553 1 Aged 15 years as at date of sentence. 2 Excludes those committed in default of payment of a fine. 3 Includes 2 inmates received for drugs offences.
Provisional receptions of 15-year-old females1 into prison service establishments, England and Wales each month by offence 19932 Month Violence against the person Robbery Theft and handling Other offences Total offences January — — 1 — 1 February — — 1 — 1 March 1 — — — 1 April — — 1 — 1 May 1 — — — 1 June 1 — — — 1 July 3 — 1 — 4 August — 1 — — 1 September — 1 1 1 3 October 3 2 — — 5 November 1 2 — 1 4 December — — — 2 2 Total 10 6 5 4 25 1 Aged 15 as at date of sentence. 2 Excludes those committed in default of payment of a fine.