HC Deb 20 July 1939 vol 350 cc734-5W
Mr. Thorne

asked the Home Secretary how many juveniles have appeared before the various juvenile courts from the 1st January, 1935, to the latest available date; how many were acquitted; how many dismissed on payment of costs; how many put on probation; and how many sent to approved schools?

Mr. Peake

The numbers of children and young persons under the age of 17 dealt with for offences at Courts of Summary Jurisdiction (including Juvenile Courts) in England and Wales during the four years from 1935 to 1938 inclusive, together with the other particulars required, are as follow:

tioners who can properly be absorbed in the medical profession. The information my right hon. Friend has as to the present position does not suggest that there is any such shortage or prospective shortage of doctors as would warrant any large addition to the number of foreign practitioners.

Sir A. Knox

asked the Home Secretary what number of aliens have been admitted to Great Britain since September 1938; and what was the number admitted during the previous 10 months?

Mr. Peake

In the 10 months from September 1938 to June 1939 the number of aliens who entered the United Kingdom was 381,674 and the number who left was 332,866. The corresponding figures for the previous 10 months were 399,875 arrivals and 388,966 departures.