§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many young offenders under the age of 21 years were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody in 1984;
(2) how many young offenders who were sentenced to periods of youth custody in 1984 received sentences in excess of 12 months;
(3) how many young offenders under the age of 21 years were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody for offences of theft or burglary where the value of the property stolen was less than £50;
(4) how many young offenders under the age of 21 years were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody in 1984 for offences of attempted theft or attempted burglary;
(5) how many young offenders under the age of 21 years were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody in 1984 where the court had found it unnecessary to obtain a social inquiry report;
(6) what proportion of those young offenders who were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody in 1984 had declared themselves unwilling or unable to comply with a non-custodial sentence.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information on persons sentenced to detention centre or youth custody is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Supplementary tables, volume 1, s1.1(c) and s1.1(d) show, for offences aged 14 and under 17 and 17 and under 21 respectively, the number of offenders sentenced in magistrates courts. Corresponding information for the Crown court is published in volume 2, s2.1(c) and s2.1(d). Attempts to commit offences are classified under the substantive offence. Information on the length of sentence for youth custody at the Crown court is shown in volume 2, table s2.5. The information is summarised in tables 7.15, 7.16 and 7.17 of the Command Paper for 1984 (Cmnd. 9621). Information on the value of property stolen and on whether a social inquiry report was made is not collected centrally in the results of court proceedings.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders under the age of 21 years were sentenced to detention centre or youth custody in 1984 who had not previously been the subject of either a supervision order, a probation order or a community service order.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is not available centrally.