§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted for offences known as "mugging" in each year since 1970 up to the latest year for which figures are available; and how 251W many fell into the following age categories; 15 to 18 years, 19 to 21 years, 22 to 25 years, 26 to 30 years, 31 to 35 years and 35 years and over.
§ Mr. BrittanThe criminal statistics do not separately distinguish offences of "mugging", a term which has no legal definition; most offences of the type frequently referred to as "mugging" are recorded as offences of robbery. Information of persons found guilty of robbery by age groups is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (pages 416–417 of table 10 (a) of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670). To produce information for the age groups requested would involve disproportionate cost.