HC Deb 05 March 1996 vol 273 cc157-8W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of convictions in(a) Inverclyde and (b) Strathclyde involved 16 to 24-year-olds in each of the last five years; and what was the year-on-year percentage change in this figure. [18056]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The available information is set out in the table. High Court cases are not separately identifiable by location within the Scottish Office criminal proceedings database.

Persons with a charge proved in Greenock sheriff court and Inverclyde district court, 1990–94
Year Persons aged 16–24 with a charge proved Total persons with a charge proved1 16–24 year olds with a charge proved as a percentage of all persons with a charge proved Year on year percentage change in number of persons aged 16–24 with a charge proved
1990 1,462 3,562 41.0 —
1991 1,188 3,041 39.1 -18.7
1992 1,380 3,252 42.4 16.2
1993 1,319 3,251 40.6 -4.4
1994 1,281 3,109 41.2 -2.9
1 Includes companies and persons whose age is not known (for example the 1994 total of persons with a charge proved includes 24 with age unknown and 8 companies).
Persons with a charge proved in all sheriff and district courts1 in Strathclyde Region, 1990–94
Year Persons aged 16–24 with a charge proved Total persons with a charge proved2 16–24 year olds with a charge proved as a percentage of all persons with a charge proved Year on year percentage change in number of persons aged 16–24 with a charge proved
1990 34,904 78,136 44.7 —
1991 30,913 73,839 41.9 -11.4
1992 32,450 77,232 42.0 5.0
1993 29,439 70,805 41.6 -9.3
1994 28,556 70,837 40.3 -3.0
1 Includes Stipendiary Magistrates Courts in Glasgow.
2 Includes companies and persons whose age is not known (for example the 1994 total for persons with a charge proved includes 1,297 persons with age unknown and 302 companies).