§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons under 18 years of age were convicted of acts punishable under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 in the past three years.
§ Mr. MellorThe readily available information relates to persons aged under 17 found guilty of offences of criminal damage. These figures include a very small number of offences under Acts other than the Criminal Damage Act 1971. The figures are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables, Volume 4" (for 1984 in table S4.1(A) under offence classifications 56–59 and table S4.1(B) under offence classification 149, and in the corresponding tables for earlier years). Corresponding information for 1985 is not yet available.