§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of(a) 17 to 20-year-olds, and (b) adults were sentenced to immediate custody for burglary and violence against the person in magistrates' and Crown courts, by police force area in 1986.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation by police force area about the proportion of offenders aged 17 to 20 and 21 and sentenced for offences of burglary and violence against the person receiving immediate custody is given in the following table:
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Magistrates' courts Crown court Burglary Violence against the person Burglary Violence against the person Police force area 17–20 21 and over 17–20 21 and over 17–20 21 and over 17–20 21 and over Hertfordshire 16 17 8 3 60 69 48 57 Humberside 20 13 10 4 61 56 41 48 Kent 22 30 7 8 51 65 53 48 Lancashire 24 23 7 9 70 67 53 50 Leicestershire 15 24 11 8 66 62 61 49 Lincolnshire 20 12 11 7 50 72 63 51 City of London 20 33 8 7 50 67 — 16 Merseyside 19 20 9 6 67 67 41 45 Metropolitan Police District 21 21 8 9 59 61 47 46 Norfolk 15 24 7 7 73 68 67 47 Northamptonshire 15 10 5 4 66 63 60 57 Northumbria 21 14 7 7 61 55 51 41 North Yorkshire 20 30 2 5 63 67 57 38 Nottinghamshire 9 12 8 5 74 58 58 42 South Yorkshire 11 12 10 5 56 62 55 48 Staffordshire 18 16 8 4 64 65 46 39 Suffolk 15 13 9 5 64 86 58 59 Surrey 16 18 6 3 65 69 36 28 Sussex 20 29 11 9 63 61 55 53 Thames Valley 16 22 9 6 63 70 70 54 Warwickshire 12 19 5 9 69 77 54 55 West Mercia 21 17 10 5 72 77 49 51 West Midlands 15 15 12 7 65 62 62 51 West Yorkshire 11 16 7 8 61 59 46 44 Wiltshire 13 10 6 3 56 80 70 44 Dyfed-Powys 16 14 2 6 55 68 40 38 Gwent 23 27 8 5 59 64 33 49 North Wales 13 13 10 5 75 82 72 60 South Wales 16 14 9 6 69 68 47 48 England and Wales 18 19 9 7 63 64 52 47