HL Deb 02 May 1972 vol 330 cc736-8WA
LORD WELLS-PESTELL

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many juveniles in England and Wales between the ages of 15 and 17 years were committed to borstal institutions in the years 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971.

VISCOUNT COLVILLE OF CULROSS

The information is given in the following table:—

MALE FEMALE
Age on conviction Age on conviction
15 16 15 16
1967 112 461 3 11
1968 144 503 4 11
1969 147 573 8 19
1970 180 701 9 32
1971* 243 709 10 24
* Provisional figures.

House adjourned at ten minutes past seven o'clock.