§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children and young persons were sent to approved schools or placed in the care of local authorities by the Criminal Courts, including the juvenile courts, during each of the years 1966, 1967 and 1968, respectively, showing separately those sent following upon their conviction for criminal offences and those sent as being in need of care and protection.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe figures for England and Wales in 1966 and 1967 are given in the following table. Figures for 1968 are not yet available.
Nature of proceedings in which the orders were made Approved school orders Fn person orders naming the local authority as fit person 1966 1967 1966 1967 Criminal proceedings in respect of a child or young person 5,809 5,324 1,280 1,356 Criminal proceedings in respect of an offence by some other person against a child or young person — 2 64 82 Civil proceedings in respect of a child or young person brought before the juvenile court as in need of care, protection or control or under the Education Act 1944 519 507 2,187 2,359
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young persons between the ages of 14 and 17 years were proceeded against in the criminal courts in England and Wales, including the juvenile courts, in the years 1966, 1967 and 1968, respectively.
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§ Mr. Elystan Morgan92,247 in 1966: 88,519 in 1967. Figures for 1968 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 14 years were under the supervision of probation officers in England and Wales on 31st December, 1968, or on the last appropriate date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe latest information available is for 31st December, 1967, and is as follows:
Boys Girls Probation Orders 11,333 1,538 Supervision Orders 3,698 3,460 Total 15,031 4,998
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 14 years were placed under the supervision of probation officers in England and Wales during the years 1967 and 1968, respectively.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganIn 1967 8,136 probation orders were made in criminal proceedings in respect of children under the age of 14; and 1,874 supervision orders were made in respect of children under the age of 14 found to be in need of care, protection or control. The figures for supervision orders do not show separately the number of cases in which a probation officer was named as supervisor. Figures for 1968 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young persons of 15 and 16 years of age, respectively, were sentenced to Borstal training in the years 1966, 1967 and 1968 respectively.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe number of persons under the age of 17 sentenced to borstal training in England and Wales was 489 in 1966 and 572 in 1967. The figures do not distinguish those who were aged 15 and those who were aged 16 at the date of sentence. Figures for 1968 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how 225W many young persons of 15 and 16 years were undergoing sentences of Borstal training as at 31st December, 1968, or the last appropriate date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThis information is not immediately available. But on the assumption that the proportions of the different age groups in custody at any one time are similar to the proportions of those received into custody, the numbers on 31st December, 1968, would have been approximately 135 boys and 5 girls aged 15, and 520 boys and 15 girls aged 16.