HC Deb 14 January 1986 vol 89 cc546-7W
Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the increase in the number of 14 to 17-year-olds and 17 to 21-year-olds cautioned for indictable offences between 1983 and 1984.

Mr. Mellor

Statistics of cautions are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (chapter 5 of the latest issue of 1984, Cmnd. 9621) and more detail is given in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables, Volume 4". Table S4.1(c) of the issue of the latter for 1984 shows that between 1983 and 1984 the number of cautions of those aged 14 to 16 increased by 10 per cent. and of those aged 17 to 20 by 34 per cent.

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