§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make an estimate of the number of offences committed, in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available, by juveniles who have absconded from local authority care to which they have been committed following conviction or pending trial(a) in the Metropolitan police area and (b) in the remainder of England and Wales.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not available in the detail required to enable such estimates to be made.