§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing what percentage of people in the following age groups were convicted of a criminal offence in each year since 1945: (a) 16 to 21 year olds, (b) 21 to 25 year olds and (c) 25 to 30 year olds.
§ Mr. JohnThe readily available information, which relates to offenders aged respectively under 17, 17 and under 21, and 21 and over, is contained in the following table:
PERSONS FOUND GUILTY OF INDICTABLE AND NON-INDICTABLE OFFENCES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IN THE AGE GROUP—ENGLAND AND WALES Percentages Year Under 17 years Age Group 17 years and under 21 21 years and over 1945 … 1.4 1.9 1.0 1946 … 1.2 2.0 1.4 1947 … 1.2 1.9 1.7 1948 … 1.4 2.1 1.7 1949 … 1.3 2.0 1.7 1950 … 1.4 2.3 1.8 1951 … 1.5 2.9 1.9 1952 … 1.4 2.9 2.0 1953 … 1.2 2.3 1.9 1954 … 1.1 2.4 2.2 1955 … 1.1 2.8 2.0 1956 … 1.1 3.2 2.1 1957 … 1.3 4.2 2.2 1958 … 1.5 5.3 2.5 1959 … 1.6 5.9 2.6 1960 … 1.7 6.3 2.5 1961 … 1.9 6.7 2.7 1962 … 1.9 6.8 3.0 1963 … 2.0 6.9 3.1 1964 … 2.0 7.0 3.1 1965 … 2.6 7.5 3.1 1966 … 2.6 7.8 3.3 1967 … 2.5 8.0 3.7 1968 … 2.5 8.3 3.7 1969 … 2.5 8.8 3.7 1970 … 2.6 9.2 3.9 1971 … 2.3 9.6 4.0 1972 … 2.2 9.7 4.4 1973 … 2.2 10.0 4.6 1974 … 2.4 9.5 4.5 1975 … 2.3 10.4 4.7