HC Deb 08 August 1980 vol 990 cc455-6W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of males aged 14 to 16 years found guilty of indictable offences in 1979 were given custodial sentences.

Mr. Brittan

Information for 1979 is not yet available. Information for 1978 is published in table 6.13 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1978"—Cmnd. 7670.

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