Juvenile Crime (Hansard, 3 February 1988)

HC Deb 03 February 1988 vol 126 cc618-9W 618W

§ Mr. Cummings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile crimes have been dealt with in Seaham and Peterlee magistrates' courts in the last five years.
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§ Mr. John Patten
The readily available information relates only to indictable offences and is given in the following table:

Defendants aged 10 and under 17 proceeded against for indictable offences in the Easington division¹

Year Total proceeded against

1982 303

1983 229

1984 245

1985 238

1986 167

¹ Includes Seaham and Peterlee magistrates' courts. Figures for 1986 are published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales supplementary volumes" a copy of which is in the Library.

Defendants aged 10 and under 17 proceeded against for indictable offences in the Easington division¹
Year	Total proceeded against
1982	303
1983	229
1984	245
1985	238
1986	167
¹ Includes Seaham and Peterlee magistrates' courts. Figures for 1986 are published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales supplementary volumes" a copy of which is in the Library.