HC Deb 25 April 1961 vol 639 c32W
70. Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will state the number of prosecutions brought for contravention of Section 1 (1) of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, in each of the last three years to the most recent convenient date; and how many convictions were recorded on indictment and on summary trial, respectively, in each of those years.

Mr. R. A. Butler

Figures for the offences classed together in the Criminal Statistics as "cruelty to or neglect of children", most of which are offences under Section 1 (1) of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, are as follows:

Year Number of persons prosecuted Number of persons convicted
By magistrates' courts By superior courts
1957 879 774 17
1958 726 645 21
1959 713 641 12