§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing(a) the rate of conviction and (b) the average sentences for cases heard by (i) Tameside South magistrates court and (ii) Ashton-under-Lyme magistrates court in relation to (i) all crimes of theft, (ii) all juvenile crimes and (iii) crimes of theft committed by juveniles, for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe 1989 to 1993 information is given in the table.
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Conviction rates and average sentence length (months) given for the offence of theft and handling stolen goods and all offences in the Ashton-Under-Lyne and South Tameside Petty Sessional Divisions by age groups, 1989–1993 Theft and handling stolen goods All offences1 10–17 18+ All ages 10–17 18+ All ages 1993 Ashton-Under-Lyne PSD Conviction rate (per cent.) (64) 76 76 (49) 70 70 Average sentence length (months) (3.0) (2.3) (2.3) (3.0) 2.9 2.9 South Tameside PSD Conviction rate (per cent.) 76 67 69 72 68 68 Average sentence length (months) (2.0) (3.3) (3.2) (3.1) 3.3 3.3 England and Wales PSDs Conviction rate (per cent.) 62 63 63 58 70 69 Average sentence length (months) 3.9 3.0 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.2 1 All offences—Indictable, summary non-motoring and summary motoring. ( ) Percentage based on less than 50 defendants and average sentence length based on less than 50 offenders aged 14–17 sentenced to immediate custody.