§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people aged between 14 and 21 years have experienced a custodial sentence.
§ Mr. MellorAn estimate is available only for those born in 1953 and 1958 from the sample study of their convictions, results of which were published in "Home Office Statistical Bulleting Issue 7/85". About 2 per cent. of such persons had received a custodial sentence by the age of 21.