HC Deb 15 February 1960 vol 617 cc85-6W
77. Mr. N. Pannell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of offences known to the police of robbery with violence in 1959 compared with 1948 and 1938.

Mr. R. A. Butler

As I said in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Blackley (Mr. E. Johnson) on 5th November, I propose in future to quote total figures for offences of robbery under Section 23 of the Larceny Act, 1916, and not to distinguish those for robbery with violence. The numbers of offences of robbery known to the police in the years 1938, 1948 and 1959 were respectively 287, 1,101 and 1,900. The last figure is provisional.

78. Mr. N. Pannell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons found guilty of violence against the person in 1938, 1948, and 1959, respectively, giving for each year the number in total, the number of males in the age group under 17 years, and the number of males in the age group 17 to 21 years.

Mr. R. A. Butler

I regret that the figures for which my hon. Friend asks are not yet available for 1959. The following table gives the figures for 1938, 1948 and 1958:

NUMBER OF PERSONS FOUND GUILTY OF OFFENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON
1938 1948 1958
All ages (males and females) 1,583 3,183 7,895
Males aged under 17 110 225 1,012
Males aged 17 and under 21 147 380 2,051