§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of(a) male juveniles and (b) juveniles convicted of an indictable offence received a custodial sentence in 1993–94, and in each of the last 10 years;
(2) what percentage of (a) men and (b) women convicted of an indictable offence received a custodial sentence in 1993–94, and in each of the last 10 years.
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§ Mr. MacleanInformation for 1983 to 1993, which is provisional, is given in the table.
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Persons sentenced to immediate custody (1) by sex, type of offence and type of court Number of persons (thousands) and percentage Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody Persons sentenced to immediate custody as a percentage of all persons of relevant age group sentenced for indictable offences Indictable offences (2) Summary offences (2) Indictable offences Age sex and year Total number sentenced to immediate custody All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Total non motoring Total motoring All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court England and Wales Aged 14 and under 18 Males 1983 13.9 13.5 8.8 4.7 0.4 — 15.3 10.9 61.6 1984 12.5 12.0 8.7 3.3 0.4 — 14.4 11.2 56.3 1985 11.9 11.5 8.0 3.4 0.4 — 14.7 11.2 54.4 1986 9.2 8.9 5.8 3.1 0.3 — 14.0 10.1 53.8 1987 8.5 8.2 5.1 3.1 0.3 — 14.0 9.7 50.1 1988 7.6 7.3 4.2 3.1 0.3 — 13.7 8.9 48.4 1989 5.6 4.7 2.5 2.2 0.8 0.1 11.7 7.0 43.5 1990 4.4 3.6 1.8 1.8 0.6 0.1 9.5 5.4 37.4 1991 4.3 3.5 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.2 9.9 6.3 36.6 1992 3.9 3.3 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 10.4 6.5 39.2 1993* 3.8 3.3 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 11.1 9.3 35.8 Females 1983 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 — — 1.6 0.7 22.5 1984 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 — — 2.5 1.8 20.4 1985 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 — — 2.6 1.8 21.6 1986 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 — — 2.5 1.6 20.4 1987 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 — — 2.5 1.6 18.9 1988 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 — — 2.6 1.4 20.1 1989 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 — — 2.1 1.1 16.6 1990 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 — — 1.7 0.6 15.7 1991 0.1 0.1 — — — — 1.9 0.9 17.8 1992 0.1 0.1 — — — — 1.7 0.9 14.8 1993* 0.1 0.1 0.1 — — — 2.6 1.9 18.5 Persons 1983 14.1 13.6 8.8 4.8 0.4 — 13.9 9.8 59.6 1984 12.7 12.2 8.9 3.4 0.4 — 13.2 10.2 54.4 1985 12.2 11.7 8.2 3.5 0.4 — 13.4 10.2 52.7 1986 9.4 9.1 5.9 3.1 0.3 — 12.9 9.2 52.0 1987 8.7 8.4 5.2 3.2 0.3 — 12.9 8.9 48.5 1988 7.8 7.5 4.3 3.2 0.3 — 12.6 8.2 46.8 1989 5.8 4.8 2.5 2.3 0.8 0.1 10.7 6.4 42.0 1990 4.5 3.7 1.8 1.9 0.6 0.1 8.6 4.9 35.9 1991 4.4 3.5 2.0 1.6 0.7 0.2 9.0 5.6 35.5 1992 4.0 3.3 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 9.4 5.8 37.8 1993* 3.9 3.4 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 10.2 8.5 34.7 Aged 18 and under 21 Males 1983 16.6 15.6 5.8 9.8 0.8 0.1 19.1 9.2 54.2 1984 18.7 17.7 7.1 10.5 0.9 0.1 21.2 11.0 56.9 1985 19.9 18.9 7.3 11.6 0.8 0.2 22.5 11.4 57.6 1986 16.9 16.0 5.5 10.6 0.8 0.1 21.9 10.0 55.8 1987 17.1 16.4 5.0 11.4 0.6 0.1 21.7 9.1 54.9 1988 15.8 15.1 4.2 10.9 0.6 0.1 20.7 8.0 51.7 1989 13.0 11.0 2.7 8.4 1.3 0.6 17.4 5.9 46.6 1990 11.5 9.7 2.3 7.3 1.2 0.6 14.8 4.8 42.2 1991 12.2 10.1 2.7 7.4 1.3 0.8 15.6 5.7 43.1 1992 10.8 9.0 2.3 6.8 1.0 0.8 15.3 5.2 44.2 1993* 11.0 9.0 3.0 6.0 0.9 1.1 17.0 7.2 51.3 Information for 1994 will not be available until the autumn 1995.
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Persons sentenced to immediate custody (1) by sex, type of offence and type of court Number of persons (thousands) and percentage Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody Persons sentenced to immediate custody as a percentage of all persons of relevant age group sentenced for indictable offences Indictable offences (2) Summary offences (2) Indictable offences Age sex and year Total number sentenced to immediate custody All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Total non motoring Total motoring All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Females 1983 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 — — 5.7 3.2 23.7 1984 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 — — 5.6 3.1 23.7 1985 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 — — 5.9 3.1 23.9 1986 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 — — 6.0 2.9 25.9 1987 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 — — 5.6 2.7 22.8 1988 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 — — 5.2 2.3 21.1 1989 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 — — 4.4 1.8 19.1 1990 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 — — 3.4 1.2 15.6 1991 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 — — 3.4 1.2 16.0 1992 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 — — 3.5 1.4 18.1 1993* 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 — — 5.0 2.4 25.1 Persons 1983 17.2 16.2 6.1 10.1 0.9 0.1 17.5 8.4 52.2 1984 19.3 18.3 7.4 10.9 0.9 0.1 19.4 10.0 54.8 1985 20.6 19.5 7.6 11.9 0.9 0.2 20.6 10.4 55.3 1986 17.5 16.6 5.7 10.9 0.8 0.1 20.1 9.1 53.9 1987 17.7 16.9 5.2 11.7 0.7 0.1 19.9 8.3 53.0 1988 16.3 15.6 4.3 11.2 0.6 0.1 19.0 7.3 49.8 1989 13.3 11.4 2.8 8.6 1.3 0.6 15.9 5.3 44.8 1990 11.7 9.9 2.4 7.5 1.2 0.6 13.5 4.3 40.4 1991 12.5 10.3 2.8 7.6 1.4 0.8 14.2 5.1 41.4 1992 11.1 9.3 2.3 6.9 1.0 0.8 14.0 4.7 42.7 1993* 11.3 9.3 3.1 6.2 0.9 1.1 15.7 6.6 49.8 Aged 21 and over Males 1983 44.6 41.6 15.3 26.3 2.3 0.8 19.2 9.2 52.3 1984 44.3 41.0 14.3 26.7 2.1 1.2 19.5 9.0 52.9 1985 48.0 44.4 14.1 30.3 2.2 1.4 21.0 9.0 54.7 1986 43.6 40.5 11.4 29.2 1.7 1.4 21.4 8.4 54.1 1987 45.5 42.0 10.6 31.5 1.8 1.7 21.2 7.5 54.1 1988 45.7 41.9 9.8 32.0 1.8 2.0 20.2 6.8 51.4 1989 42.9 35.9 7.3 28.6 2.5 4.5 19.2 5.6 49.8 1990 39.5 32.7 6.6 26.1 2.4 4.5 17.3 5.0 46.8 1991 42.4 34.3 7.8 26.5 2.8 5.3 18.0 5.8 48.1 1992 40.9 33.3 7.1 26.2 2.4 5.2 17.5 5.3 47.2 1993* 41.1 32.1 7.6 24.6 2.2 6.8 17.5 5.6 51.3 Females 1983 2.3 2.2 0.9 1.3 0.1 0.0 5.3 2.5 26.2 1984 2.5 2.4 1.0 1.4 0.1 0.0 6.1 2.8 27.3 1985 2.7 2.5 0.9 1.7 0.1 0.0 6.6 2.7 29.3 1986 2.4 2.3 0.7 1.6 0.1 0.0 6.8 2.5 29.4 1987 2.5 2.5 0.6 1.8 0.1 0.0 7.7 2.4 32.2 1988 2.3 2.2 0.6 1.6 0.1 0.0 7.0 2.3 27.3 1989 2.1 2.0 0.5 1.5 0.1 0.0 6.8 2. 1 25.9 1990 1.8 1.7 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.0 5.5 1.8 21.6 1991 2.0 1.8 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.1 6.2 2.3 23.0 1992 2.0 1.8 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.1 6.4 2.2 24.3 1993* 2.1 1.9 0.6 1.2 0.1 0.1 6.8 2.7 27.7 Persons 1983 46.9 43.7 16.2 27.6 2.4 0.8 17.0 8.0 50.0 1984 46.8 43.4 15.2 28.1 2.2 1.2 17.4 7.9 50.5 1985 50.6 47.0 15.0 31.9 2.3 1.4 18.8 7.9 52.4 1986 46.0 42.8 12.1 30.7 1.8 1.4 19.2 7.4 51.9 1987 48.0 44.5 11.2 33.3 1.9 1.7 19.3 6.7 52.2 1988 48.0 44.1 10.4 33.6 1.9 2.0 18.4 6.1 49.4 1989 45.0 37.9 7.8 30.1 2.6 4.5 17.5 5.1 47.6 1990 41.4 34.4 7.0 27.4 2.5 4.5 15.7 4.5 44.5
Persons sentenced to immediate custody (1) by sex, type of offence and type of court Number of persons (thousands) and percentage Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody Persons sentenced to immediate custody as a percentage of all persons of relevant age group sentenced for indictable offences Indictable offences (2) Summary offences (2) Indictable offences Age sex and year Total number sentenced to immediate custody All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court Total non motoring Total motoring All courts Magistrates' courts The Crown court 1991 44.3 36.1 8.3 27.8 2.9 5.3 16.5 5.2 45.8 1992 42.9 35.1 7.6 27.5 2.5 5.3 16.1 4.8 45.2 1993* 43.2 34.0 8.2 25.8 2.3 6.9 16.1 5.2 49.3 Aged 14 and over Males 1983 75.1 70.7 29.9 40.8 3.5 0.9 18.3 9.6 53.7 1984 75.4 70.7 30.1 40.6 3.4 1.4 18.8 10.0 54.2 1985 79.7 74.8 29.5 45.3 3.4 1.5 20.0 10.1 55.4 1986 69.7 65.4 22.6 42.8 2.8 1.5 20.0 9.1 54.5 1987 71.1 66.6 20.7 45.9 2.7 1.8 20.0 8.4 54.0 1988 69.1 64.3 18.2 46.1 2.7 2.2 19.2 7.5 51.3 1989 61.5 51.6 12.4 39.2 4.6 5.2 17.8 5.9 48.7 1990 55.4 46.0 10.7 35.3 4.2 5.2 15.7 5.0 45.2 1991 58.9 47.8 12.4 35.4 4.8 6.2 16.5 5.8 46.4 1992 55.7 45.6 11.2 34.4 4.0 6.1 16.3 5.4 46.2 1993* 55.9 44.4 13.1 31.3 3.4 8.1 16.7 6.4 50.8 Females 1983 3.1 2.9 1.3 1.7 0.2 0.0 4.8 2.3 25.5 1984 3.3 3.2 1.4 1.8 0.1 0.0 5.4 2.7 26.3 1985 3.6 3.4 1.3 2.1 0.1 0.0 5.9 2.6 27.9 1986 3.2 3.0 1.0 2.0 0.1 0.0 6.1 2.4 28.3 1987 3.2 3.1 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.0 6.6 2.4 29.9 1988 2.9 2.8 0.8 2.0 0.1 0.0 6.1 2.2 25.8 1989 2.6 2.5 0.7 1.8 0.1 0.0 5.8 1. 24.3 1990 2.2 2.1 0.5 1.5 0.1 0.0 4.7 1.5 20.3 1991 2.4 2.2 0.7 1.5 0.1 0.1 5.2 1.9 21.7 1992 2.3 2.1 0.6 1.5 0.1 0.1 5.4 1.9 23.1 1993* 2.5 2.3 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 6.1 2.6 27.1 Persons 1983 78.2 73.6 31.2 42.5 3.7 1.0 16.5 8.5 51.5 1984 78.8 73.9 31.5 42.4 3.5 1.4 17.0 8.9 51.9 1985 83.3 78.2 30.8 47.4 3.6 1.6 18.1 9.0 53.1 1986 72.9 68.4 23.7 44.8 2.9 1.6 18.2 8.1 52.4 1987 74.4 69.8 21.6 48.1 2.8 1.8 18.4 7.5 52.1 1988 72.1 67.1 19.1 48.0 2.8 2.2 17.7 6.7 49.3 1989 64.1 54.1 13.1 41.0 4.8 5.2 16.3 5.3 46.6 1990 57.6 48.0 11.3 36.8 4.3 5.3 14.3 4.5 43.1 1991 61.2 50.0 13.1 36.9 5.0 6.3 15.1 5.3 44.3 1992 58.0 47.7 11.8 36.0 4.1 6.1 14.9 4.9 44.3 1993* 58.4 46.6 13.9 32.7 3.6 8.2 15.4 5.9 48.9 1Immediate custody for persons aged 14 and under 21 comprises borstal training and unsuspended imprisonment (before 24 May 1983) or youth custody (from 24 May 1983) and detention centre orders until 1 October 1988 and detention in a young offender institution after I October 1988; for persons aged 21 and over immediate custody is equivalent to immediate imprisonment, which includes partly suspended sentences up to 30 September 1992. 2Improvements in the data collection methods used by the Metropolitan Police District have led to an increase in the number recorded as sentenced of about 2 per cent. in 1993 and 1 per cent. in 1992 for indictable offences and 0.5 per cent. in both years for summary non-motoring offences; also, about 5 per cent. for summary motoring offences in 1991. * Provisional