§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish tables, for 1991 and for 1990, showing the number of(a) young adults and (b) juveniles committing each category of offence and a breakdown showing the percentage under each category who were sentenced to each type of sentence or order;
(2) if he will list for each category of offence the number of offences committed by (a) juveniles and (b) young adults in each police force area; and what percentages this was of the total number of offences in each category in each of the last five years for which figures are available.4
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 14 December 1992]: Information on convictions and cautions within police force areas by age and offence group, is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" supplementary tables volume 3.
Figures showing the number of offenders cautioned and convicted by type of sentence given, age and offence group is also published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" supplementary tables volumes 1, 2 and 3. Copies of all the publications referred to above are available in the Libarary.
The 1991 volumes will be published in the new year.