§ Miss LestorTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many children were brought before juvenile courts in each of the last five years; and how many of them had school reports submitted on their behalf.
§ Mr. JackI have been asked to reply.
Information on juveniles aged 10 and under 17 proceeded against at magistrates courts is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Table 6.1 refers. The latest available figures are for 1991; 1992 figures will be available in the autumn.
Information on the number of school reports submitted to youth courts is not collected centrally.
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Number of defendants (thousands) Percentage Indictable offences Summary offences Indictable offences Summary offences Year Total number proceeded against (thousands) Offences (excluding motoring offences) Motoring offences Offences (excluding motoring offences) Motoring offences 1986 339 133 70 136 39 21 40 1987 325 140 74 110 43 23 34 1988 322 137 79 106 43 25 33 1989 324 122 90 112 38 28 35 1990 329 129 85 114 39 26 35 1991 314 132 73 110 42 23 35 Defendants aged 21 and over1 1981 1,774 284 365 1,125 16 21 63 1982 1,706 297 366 1,042 17 21 61 1983 1,797 300 415 1,082 17 23 60 1984 1,708 295 385 1,028 17 23 60 1985 1,689 299 379 1,011 18 22 60 1986 1,757 273 427 1,057 16 24 60 1987 1,451 295 421 735 20 29 51 1988 1,480 310 454 716 21 31 48 1989 1,484 290 464 730 20 31 49 1990 1,509 304 478 727 20 32 48 1991 1,591 323 488 780 20 31 49 All Defendants1 1981 2,294 523 472 1,299 23 21 59 1982 2,221 539 469 1,214 24 21 55 1983 2,303 530 521 1,252 23 23 54 1984 2,184 521 482 1,181 24 22 54 1985 2,147 520 469 1,158 24 22 54 1986 2,171 463 508 1,199 21 23 55 1987 1,843 488 505 850 26 27 46 1988 1,863 494 543 826 27 29 44 1989 1,864 449 568 847 24 30 45 1990 1,892 469 577 846 25 31 45 1991 1,956 489 573 894 25 29 46 1Including "other defendants", i.e., companies, public bodies, etc.