§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will list in the Official Report the per capita juvenile crime rate in the latest year for which figures are available nationally; and what was the annual rate of increase in the figures for each of the last five years;
(2) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Hampshire as to the per capita juvenile crime rate in the Aldershot area in the latest year for which figures are available, together with the annual rate of increase in the figures for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MayhewNo analysis by age of persons committing serious offences recorded by the police is possible either on a national basis or for the Aldershot area because at the time of recording of most offences the identity of the offender or offenders is unknown. The information available relates to persons found guilty or cautioned for indictable offences per 100,000 population in the age group and is published annually for England and Wales in "Criminal statistics, England and Wales" tables 5.18 and 5.19 and figures 5.4 to 5.6 of the volume for 1980, Cmnd. 8376); corresponding information for Aldershot could be provided only at disproportionate cost.