§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15-year-olds have been convicted under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each of the last five years; and of that number, how many who were not previously resident in secure units were placed by him in young offenders' institutions during the same period. [35608]
§ Mr. MichaelInformation held centrally on the Court Proceedings database for the years 1992–1996 (latest available) is given in table A.
Information on the number of 15 year olds who were previously resident in secure units is not collected centrally. The available information relates to the number of 15 year olds received into prison service establishments in England and Wales under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and is given in table B.
Table A: Number of 15 year olds sentenced under section 53 of the Children and Young persons Act 1933, 1992–1996 England and Wales Disposal 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Section 53(1)—murder offences only — — 1 — 1 Section 53(3)—other grave offences 24 42 59 63 90 Total 24 42 60 63 91
Table B: Receptions into prison service establishments in England and Wales of 15 year olds under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993–1997 England and Wales Receptions 1992 16 1993 33 1994 44 1995 44 1996 63 19971 61 1 Provisional Note:
Information for 1992–1996 (and for other custody types, by age) is published in successive volumes of "Prison statistics, England and Wales" (table 3.9 of the 1993 edition and table 3.10 of the 1994–96 editions), copies of which are in the Library.