§ 46. Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of offenders under the age of 18 years convicted of offences involving the use of weapons during the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is available only for homicide offences. Twenty persons under 18 were convicted of offences of homicide involving the use of a weapon in England and Wales in 1984. Some additional information on offences involving the use of firearms in 1984, relating to suspects aged under 18, is given in the table; however, these figures relate only to offences cleared up and are known to be incomplete.