HC Deb 15 December 1966 vol 738 c133W
45. Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a person's conviction whilst a juvenile is a bar to entering the police service.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Not necessarily. A high standard of integrity is required, and any criminal conviction would count seriously against an applicant; but the nature and circumstances of the offence, including the age at which it was committed, would be taken into account.