§ Baroness Phillipsasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many cases have been dealt with by the police cautioning since the issue of the guidelines in January 1986.
§ Lord GlenarthurGuidelines on the cautioning of offenders were last issued in February 1985. Informa-tion on the use of cautioning is included in theCriminal Statistics for England and Wales published annually. Statistics for 1985 are not yet available but will be published later in the year.