Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles under the age of 18 years were convicted of drink offences and drug 659W offences over the last five years; and how many juveniles under the the age of 18 years were so convicted in the Greater Manchester County in the last five years.
§ Mr. JohnInformation in the form requested is not readily available. For those aged under 17 years figures for England and Wales are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", the latest of which relates to 1976. Corresponding information for Greater Manchester could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.