§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in respect of each probation department, how many 17 to 21-year-olds are on alternative-to-custody programmes run by the probation service and or voluntary organisations following conviction for a criminal offence in each case on the last date for which information is available.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 4 December 1992]: The available information is shown in the table.
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Area Type of supervision Probation total Probation with additional requirements under the Criminal Justice Act 1982 Community service order Children and Young Persons Act 1969 Cumbria 161 45 119 19 Derbyshire 172 21 145 13 Devon 301 88 138 15 Dorset 189 62 117 10 Durham 172 48 159 25 Essex 383 78 209 12 Gloucestershire 171 58 95 20 Hampshire 444 150 254 28 Hereford and Worcester 189 25 110 15 Hertfordshire 220 36 130 10 Humberside 378 75 215 5 Kent 372 81 261 3 Lancashire 594 168 484 74 Leicestershire 247 36 187 17 Lincolnshire 187 75 108 14 Greater Manchester 1,020 190 771 101 Merseyside 683 116 436 40 Norfolk 161 29 103 12 Northamptonshire 195 51 54 1 Northumbria 611 85 299 57 Nottinghamshire 327 3 194 38 Oxfordshire 136 10 100 4 Shropshire 117 24 86 7 Somerset 188 76 68 13 Staffordshire 385 113 198 54 Suffolk 133 23 117 13 Surrey 199 58 87 9 East Sussex 128 44 122 9 West Sussex 119 13 80 16 Warwickshire 107 15 102 9 West Midlands 944 250 644 74 Wiltshire 159 39 126 20 North Yorkshire 142 29 92 12 South Yorkshire 513 80 435 37 West Yorkshire 794 186 756 101 Inner London 694 62 577 45 North East London 281 21 202 35 South East London 169 35 144 12 South West London 123 27 84 6 Middlesex 494 8 283 33 Dyfed 104 23 51 11 Gwent 110 38 122 23 North Wales 89 14 157 3 Powys 30 7 10 — South of Glamorgan 193 58 91 35 Mid Glamorgan 232 70 116 12 West Glamorgan 139 51 95 1 England and Wales 15,551 3,274 10,604 1,246