§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of persons convicted of a first criminal offence were sentenced to a term of imprisonment in each year since 1971. [159253]
§ Mr. BoatengThe readily available information is shown in the table. The data relate to males with no known previous convictions for standard list offences who were sentenced to immediate imprisonment for a standard list offence.
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Percentage of males with no known previous convictions sentenced to immediate imprisonment1, by age. Year Males aged 10 and over but under 21 Males aged 21 and over 1977 4 5 1982 4 6 1987 5 11 1991 4 10 1993 6 14 1994 7 14 1995 6 14
Percentage of males with no known previous convictions sentenced to immediate imprisonment1, by age. Year Males aged 10 and over but under 21 Males aged 21 and over 1996 (old basis)2 7 18 1996 (new basis)2 7 13 1997 7 12 1998 6 12 1Includes Borstal training, detention centres, youth custody and young offender institution where appropriate. 2A number of offences were added to the Standard list in 1996. "Old basis" figures exclude the additional offences.