§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the percentage of successful
PERSONS AGED 10 AND UNDER 17 TRIED FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES INVOLVING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: ENGLAND AND WALES 1976 Persons found guilty Number As a percentage of those tried Indictable offences of violence against the person Murder … … … 5 83 Attempted murder … … … 2 100 Threat or conspiracy to murder … … … 1 100 Manslaughter … … … 10 91 Infanticide … … … 1 100 Causing death by dangerous driving … … … 1 33 Wounding or other act endangering life … … … 91 84 Endangering railway passenger … … … 15 100 Other wounding … … … 5,138 89 Assault … … … 75 89 Child stealing … … … 3 100 Total … … … 5,342 89 Certain non-indictable offences … … … Aggravated assault … … … 1 50 Assault on constable … … … 600 90 Common assault … … … 189 71 Cruelty to child … … … 1 100 Total … … … 791 85 Certain cases of other offences may have involved physical violence but this cannot be identified from the information collected centrally.