HC Deb 28 February 1997 vol 291 c432W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons aged under 18 years were charged with a criminal offence in 1996 in(a) England and (b) Wales. [17697]

Mr. Maclean

Data on the number of people charged are not collected centrally.

However, 1995 the latest available prosecution data for indictable offences by age and area are published in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1995 Supplementary Volume 3"—tables S3.3(B) and S3.3(C).

Copies are available in the Library.