HC Deb 25 January 1966 vol 723 cc44-5W
Mr. Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the number of crimes known to the police to have been committed by children between the ages of 10 and 12 years in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965; and the number of prosecutions and convictions of such children for the same years.

Miss Bacon

Offences known to the police are reported without any indication of the ages of the persons suspected of committing them. The numbers of children aged 10, 11 and 12 proceeded against for indictable and non-indictable offences and the numbers found guilty, in the years 1962, 1963, 1964 and in the first three months of 1965, are as follows:

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Yes. Most Commonwealth citizens who speak little or no English come from India or Pakistan and arrive at London Airport. Four interpreters in the languages of the Indian sub-continent are employed there, and another is being engaged at Dover. They have all spent many years in the Indian sub-continent and, in addition to being fluent in its languages, are familiar with the customs and way of life of the people.