§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15-years-olds have(a) been cautioned and (b) been found guilty of any offence in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on the number of 15-year-olds cautioned and found guilty is published in the annual Command Paper "Criminal Statistics England and Wales". Table 5.21 of the 1985 edition, table 5.23 of the 1991 edition and table 5.25 of the 1993 edition refer to it. Copies of these publications arc available in the Library.
The 1994 data will not be available until the autumn.
§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15-year-olds have been sentenced to immediate custody on their first conviction in each year since 1990; and for which offence types.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is not collected routinely. A special study of a sample of those convicted of indictable offences in 1991 revealed that of 319 15-year-olds in the sample, three, 1 per cent. were sentenced to immediate custody on their first conviction for an indictable offence.
§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the disposals given to(a) 15-year-old boys and (b) 15-year-old girls by the youth, magistrates and Crown courts in each year since 1990.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is given in the following table.
The 1994 data will not be available until the autumn.
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Number of 15-years olds sentenced for indictable offences by sex. type of disposal and type of court 1990–93 England and Wales Year/Court Total sentenced Absolute and conditional discharge Fine Supervision order Attendance centre order Care order1 Young Offender Institution Otherwise dealt with 1991 Juvenile courts 4,896 1,787 563 1,091 1,005 8 355 87 Magistrates courts 378 163 64 68 47 2 27 7 Crown Court 264 23 1 98 37 4 62 39 1992 Juvenile/Youth courts 4,421 1,625 470 975 915 n/a 347 89 Magistrates Courts 328 150 45 62 43 n/a 17 11 Crown courts 217 19 2 83 23 n/a 69 21 1993 Youth courts 4,703 1,751 338 1,141 964 n/a 428 81 Magistrates' courts 298 137 33 57 46 n/a 19 6 Crown court 203 13 — 75 18 n/a 57 40 Females 1990 Juvenile courts 696 407 96 120 51 5 3 14 Magistrates' courts 56 34 13 5 1 1 1 1 Crown Court 29 6 1 14 1 2 3 2 1991 Juvenile courts 670 372 83 122 58 5 10 20 Magistrates courts 46 26 8 7 3 — — 2 Crown Court 27 5 3 14 1 1 2 1 19922 Juvenile/Youth courts 609 354 65 125 50 n/a 3 12 Magistrates courts 46 31 8 6 — n/a — 5 Crown courts 22 — 1 14 1 n/a 1 5 1993 Youth courts 673 365 55 176 55 n/a 17 5 Magistrates' courts 36 26 5 1 3 n/a 1 — Crown Court 17 — — 8 — n/a 5 4 1Abolished under the Children Act 1989 (14 October 1991).2 The Youth Court was introduced from 1 October 1992. n/a = Not applicable.
§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 15-year-olds have received(a) one caution, (b) two cautions and (c) three or more cautions in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is not collected routinely. The following table shows results from special studies of those cautioned for indictable offences in one week in each of the years 1991, 1988 and 1985 in England and Wales.
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Fifteen-year-olds cautioned in study week, 1991, 1988 and 1985 England and Wales Percentages Number of previous cautions1 Year 1991 1988 1985 None 63 77 83 One 19 16 15 Two or more 18 7 2 1 Not necessarily in the study year.
§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the length of immediate custody to which 15-year-old boys and girls were sentenced by(a) magistrates courts and (b) Crown courts in each year since 1985 broken down by the type of offence.
§ Mr. MacleanAs the information for 1985 to 1993 is given in a large number of tables, I shall place them in the Library.
The 1994 data will not be available until the autumn.