§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought in each of the past 20 years for which records are available under Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and how many such prosecutions resulted in convictions; and how many of such successful and unsuccessful prosecutions resulted from children being left alone at home or in motor vehicles, respectively.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe statistics of persons proceeded against or found guilty of offences under Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 are included in a single classification in the Criminal Statistics with those of persons dealt with for other similar offences. The98W cost of providing separate figures would be disproportionate. The following is the available information:
OFFENCES CLASSIFIED AS CRUELTY OR NEGLECT OF CHILDREN: ENGLAND AND WALES, 1953–72 Persons proceeded against Persons found guilty 1953 1,042 933 1954 890 822 1955 1,040 967 1956 825 758 1957 879 791 1958 726 666 1959 713 653 1960 734 686 1961 850 788 1962 918 870 1963 716 673 1964 691 625 1965 591 555 1966 448 415 1967 428 387 1968 411 366 1969 417 367 1970 315 274 1971 253 207 1972 219 177 The statistics do not show separately those offences which arose through a child being left unattended.