§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the change in the level of youth cautions in Mansfield since the introduction of the DARE—drug abuse resistance education—programme; and if he will make a statement. [764]
§ Mr. MacleanThe police force's area is the smallest geographical unit for statistics on cautioning available centrally. The readily available information is given in the table.
Persons aged 10 to 13 cautioned in the Nottinghamshire police force area, by type of offence, sex and period Type of offence1 Indictable Summary Period Males Females Males Females 1994 January-March 210 130 44 6 April-June 188 119 81 3 July-September 176 87 45 3 October-December 218 127 57 8 19952 January-March 183 130 65 5 April-June 220 120 106 18 July-September 172 63 59 20 October-December3 190 85 66 13 1 Excluding motoring offences. 2 Provisional. 3 Nottinghamshire Constabulary have been running a pilot of the drug abuse resistance education programme across all nine of its divisions since September 1995.