§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been carried out to ascertain the number and percentage of young offenders who have in the past been committed to institutions which administer a short, sharp shock; how many and what percentage of such offenders have been again thereafter convicted of a criminal offence; and how many and what percentage are not known to have offended subsequently.
§ Mr. BrittanI assume that the question refers to young offenders held in detention centres during the early years of their existence. The number and percentage of young offenders given detention centre orders for indictable offences by year of sentence is published annually in "Criminal Statistics. England and Wales"—tables 6.12–6.14 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670. Reconviction rates within two years of those dis-
98Wfrom wives and children, was published for each country of the Indian subcontinent in tables V and VI of Home Office Statistical Bulletin issue 9/79 of 21 September 1979– "Control of Immigration Statistics—Second quarter 1979", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Corresponding figures for the third quarter of 1979 will be published shortly. Information on applications received from fiancés is given in the following table. Fiancées are not required to obtain entry clearance certificates.
charged from detention centres by year of discharge are published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 8.3–8.4 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7626.