§ 30. Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed in the West Midlands by children of school age during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. MayhewInformation on the age of offenders is known only for those offenders apprehended. Information by police force area for offenders aged 10 and under 14 and aged 14 and under 17 found guilty of or cautioned for indictable offences is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—tables S3.2(B), S3.2(C), S3.4(B), S3.4(C) and S3.8(A) in supplementary tables 1981, volume 3. In 1981 11,346 offenders aged 10 to 16 were found guilty or cautioned for indictable offences in the West Midlands police force area.
§ 38. Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistical projection he has made of the number of serious crimes committed in 1982.
§ Mr. MayhewInformation on notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in the first three quarters of 1982 was published in Home Office statistical bulletin, issue No. 27/82 on 15 December 1982.