§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for the latest year for which figures are available, the percentage of persons aged (a) over 21 years, and (b) under 21 years who successfully completed community service orders without breach or conviction for a further offence.
§ Mr. MellorThe latest readily available information is published in table 6.11 of "Probation Statistics, England and Wales, 1983". In the first six months of 1983, the specified hours were completed by 74 per cent. of those who were aged under 21 when their community service order began, and by 78 per cent. of those who were aged 21 or over.