§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons in Scotland aged under 18 years were charged with a criminal offence in 1996. [17693]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation is not collected centrally on the number of persons charged with a criminal offence. In 1994, the latest year for which information is available, there were 10,601 occasions when persons aged under 18 were proceeded against for a criminal offence at court and a further 25,735 occasions when persons aged under 18 were referred to the reporter to the children's panels on offence grounds.