HC Deb 04 December 1992 vol 215 cc410-1W
Ms. Gordon

To 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. Jack

The information is contained in the following table:

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. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convicted teenagers are in prison; and how many on remand.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

According 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.

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