HC Deb 08 March 1979 vol 963 cc761-2W
Mr. Sims

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report details of unruly certificates issued in England and Wales in January and February in respect of girls, showing the courts at which the certificates were issued and on whose application they were granted.

Mr. John

Nine such certificates were issued in January and seven in February; two girls in January received two certificates. The courts concerned were:

Month and Magistrates' Court Number of certificates
January
Islington Juvenile 1
Lewisham Juvenile 1
Sedgefield Juvenile 1
Southwark South Juvenile 1
Wakefield Juvenile 2
Horseferry Road 2
Middlesbrough 1
February
Birmingham Juvenile 1
Stafford Juvenile 1
Sheffield Juvenile 1
Wolverhampton Juvenile 2
Birmingham 1
Willesden 1
There is no statutory requirement that the court shall receive a formal application before a certificate of unruliness can be issued and no information is available about the applicant, if any, in the above cases.