Secure Accommodation (Hansard, 27 July 1993)

§ Mr. Maclean

The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 allows the Crown court, inter alia, to order that 10 to 13-year-olds who have been convicted of murder or manslaughter and 14 to 15-year-olds who have been convicted of murder or manslaughter or other grave

Summary of 10–15 year olds sentenced under Section 53, 1979–91—England and Wales
Year	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Offence
Murder	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	3	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
Attempted murder	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Manslaughter	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2	1	3	3	1	1	2	0	3
Wounding or other act endangering life	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	7	4	1	1	8	7	7	2	6
Endangering railway passengers	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Other wounding etc.	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total—violence against the person	2	12	10	12	12	7	5	7	12	10	10	2	13
Sexual offences	1	5	7	4	2	6	3	8	6	8	11	10	6
Burglary	3	5	4	2	0	1	12	9	7	11	6	8	4
Robbery	5	5	12	15	11	9	22	22	26	31	15	17	22
Theft and handling stolen goods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Criminal damage (Arson)	2	6	2	7	7	6	11	4	9	10	9	10	6
Drug offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other indictable non-motoring offences	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	13	33	35	39	32	29	54	51	60	70	52	48	51
¹ A breakdown of the total number of offences of violence against the person is not known for these years.

NoteComparisons with prison receptions suggest there may have been under recording during 1989 and 1990, although this is less likely in 1990.