HC Deb 23 July 1986 vol 102 cc232-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of (a) males and (b) females are sentenced to custody by the time they reach the ages of 18 and 21 years, respectively.

Mr. Mellor

An 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 bulletin issue 7/85. Just over 2 per cent. of males and less than 0.1 per cent. of females had been sentenced to custody by the age of 18, and about 4 per cent. of males and 0.1 per cent. of females by the age of 21.