HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 c182W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 January,Official Report, column 708, how many offenders cautioned each year since 1991 had already been cautioned on two or more occasions. [13431]

Mr. Maclean

The information requested is not routinely collected. The table below shows results from special studies of those cautioned for indictable offences in one week in each of 1991 and 1994 in England and Wales.

Persons cautioned in study week, 1991 and 1994
England and Wales
Percentages
Number of previous cations 1991 1994
None 80 85
One 12 10
Two or more 8 5