§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in each police force area in England and Wales in 1990 and 1991.
§ Mr. JackThe information is contained in the following table:
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Arrests for all types of offence by police force area England and Wales Police force area Number arrested 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 42,421 39,216 Bedfordshire 17,705 17,543 Cambridgeshire 18,389 17,699 Cheshire 27,823 29,684 Cleveland 26,584 28,061 Cumbria 19,479 21,275 Derbyshire 23,079 23,708 Devon and Cornwall 31,404 34,024 Dorset 17,487 18,382 Dyfed Powys 12,699 13,466 Durham 25,965 25,125 Essex 39,990 40,100 Gloucestershire 17,043 17,020 Greater Manchester 116,678 116,916 Gwent 17,060 17,796 Hampshire 63,171 62,330 Hertfordshire 22,648 23,191 Humberside 36,066 35,847 Kent 47,007 47,992 Lancashire 57,235 62,104 Leicestershire 24,949 26,417 Lincolnshire 21,474 22,680 City of London 4,809 4,688 Merseyside 69,207 72,930 Norfolk 22,727 20,898 Northamptonshire 18,242 19,353 Northumbria 65,694 68,847 North Wales 22,629 24,338 North Yorkshire 20,221 20,936 Nottinghamshire 45,468 46,487 South Wales 56,061 57,143
Number and percentage of persons aged 10 to under 18 years convicted at all courts by age and type of offence 1990 and 19911 England and Wales Year/Offence Aged 10 and under 18 (= 100 per cent.) Aged 10 and under 15 Aged 15 and under 18 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. 1990 Indictable 46,117 6,692 15 39,425 85 Sumamry non-motoring 21,696 2,026 9 19,670 91 Summary motoring 16,564 416 3 16,148 97 All offences 84,377 9,134 11 75,243 89 19911 Indictable 42,019 5,714 14 36,305 86 Summary non-motoring 17,918 1,831 10 16,087 90 Summary motoring 13,869 341 2 13,528 98 All offences 73,806 7,886 11 65,920 89 1 Provisional.
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convicted teenagers are in prison; and how many on remand.
§ Mr. Peter LloydAccording to the records held sencentrally, which are approximate, there were 1,413 untried, 585 convicted unsentencd and 3,127 sentenced persons aged 14 to 19 held in prison service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1992.