§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals aged between(a) 10 and 11 and (b) 12 and 17 years were (i) cautioned and (ii) sentenced for indictable offences in each year since 1997 in each police force area in England and Wales. [45588]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe information requested, from the Home Office Court Proceedings and Cautions Database, is shown in the table.
Information on cautions and court proceedings for 2001 will be available in the autumn.
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Juveniles cautioned1 and sentenced for indictable offences, by police force area, 1997–2000 Cautioned Sentenced Police force Age 10–11 Age 12–17 Age 10–11 Age 12–17 1997 Avon and Somerset 64 1,092 3 728 Bedfordshire 67 911 4 366 Cambridgeshire 39 708 1 495 Cheshire 36 1,006 4 805 Cleveland 166 1,447 9 1.026 Cumbria 77 689 5 572 Derbyshire 42 935 4 620 Devon and Cornwall 33 1,478 3 640 Dorset 8 443 — 237 Durham 51 658 8 877 Essex 102 1,909 10 1.195 Gloucestershire 68 852 — 363 Greater Manchester 318 4,512 27 3,198 Hampshire 131 2,559 9 1,313 Hertfordshire 36 940 — 415 Humberside 123 1.265 6 838 Kent 143 2,090 12 1,424 Lancashire 145 1,711 10 1,573 Leicestershire 33 846 5 892 Lincolnshire 51 855 — 466 London, City of 1 83 — 4 Merseyside 85 1,944 7 1,578 Metropolitan police 327 9,864 19 5,874 Norfolk 122 1,418 4 486 Northamptonshire 8 250 4 404 Northumbria 501 3,923 26 2,245 North Yorkshire 20 548 1 484 Nottinghamshire 174 1,753 18 1,285 South Yorkshire 91 970 10 1,407 Staffordshire2 219 1,606 6 850 Suffolk 46 823 3 441 Surrey 41 900 1 380 Sussex 53 1,696 2 747 Thames Valley 54 1,221 1 1,091 Warwickshire 31 691 10 304 West Mercia 68 1,330 4 687 West Midlands 359 5,030 15 3,573 West Yorkshire 242 2,618 35 2,524 Wiltshire 54 834 1 367 Dyfed Powys 58 794 — 404 Gwent 101 1,201 5 679 North Wales 50 680 1 463 South Wales 137 2,054 11 1,677 England and Wales 4,575 69,137 304 45,997 1998 Avon and Somerset 66 1,106 1 620 Bedfordshire 55 767 8 386 Cambridgeshire 39 753 1 524 Cheshire 62 1,325 8 881 Cleveland 155 1,134 18 988 Cumbria 77 703 7 590 Derbyshire 53 823 1 650 Devon and Cornwall 37 1,266 2 642 Dorset 27 664 — 332 Durham 69 581 8 846 Essex 94 1,816 17 1,178 Gloucestershire 35 973 2 299 Greater Manchester 436 5,476 44 3,194 Hampshire 181 2,224 24 1,826 Hertfordshire 45 791 1 401 Humberside 125 1,492 5 922 Kent 197 2,256 21 1,631 Lancashire 126 1,817 23 1,589 Leicestershire 26 957 2 870 Lincolnshire 57 809 3 549 London, City of — 57 — 1 Merseyside 116 2,138 19 1,641 Metropolitan police 680 12,727 23 6,260 Norfolk 55 1,050 5 547 Northamptonshire 8 331 4 601 Northumbria 437 3,443 47 2,819 North Yorkshire 55 755 3 486 Nottinghamshire 197 1,764 13 1,300 South Yorkshire 87 1,137 5 1,336 Staffordshire2 206 1,431 7 927 866W
Juveniles cautioned1 and sentenced for indictable offences, by police force area, 1997–2000 Cautioned Sentenced Police force Age 10–11 Age 12–17 Age 10–11 Age 12–17 Suffolk 62 870 — 401 Surrey 48 962 1 367 Sussex 44 1,379 1 789 Thames Valley 58 1,176 — 1,102 Warwickshire 43 668 1 305 West Mercia 75 1,379 4 755 West Midlands 337 4,592 26 3,869 West Yorkshire 237 2,705 41 2,833 Wiltshire 58 816 1 511 Dyfed Powys 60 857 4 441 Gwent 100 1,292 2 661 North Wales 77 801 4 502 South Wales 119 2,001 14 1,764 England and Wales 5,121 72,064 421 49,136 1999 Avon and Somerset 65 1,245 7 662 Bedfordshire 54 762 8 373 Cambridgeshire 35 626 5 655 Cheshire 58 1,085 7 779 Cleveland 104 937 13 974 Cumbria 61 810 7 620 Derbyshire 43 761 8 671 Devon and Cornwall 53 1,335 5 671 Dorset 30 637 3 387 Durham 46 557 15 1,014 Essex 98 1,434 3 1,107 Gloucestershire 59 793 4 318 Greater Manchester 379 4,381 47 3,419 Hampshire 215 2,513 42 2,100 Hertfordshire 36 846 2 435 Humberside 98 1,139 5 981 Kent 146 2,078 13 1,480 Lancashire 113 1,629 21 1,570 Leicestershire 50 884 3 812 Lincolnshire 28 629 4 525 London, City of 2 59 — 1 Merseyside 116 1,933 21 1,436 Metropolitan police 543 10,894 56 6,380 Norfolk 58 746 13 578 Northamptonshire 12 337 2 645 Northumbria 358 2,905 50 2,763 North Yorkshire 39 806 5 649 Nottinghamshire 148 1,492 21 1,350 South Yorkshire 125 1,371 25 1,451 Staffordshire1 107 1,104 9 792 Suffolk 48 667 7 451 Surrey 40 961 1 362 Sussex 60 1,597 4 705 Thames Valley 86 1,585 9 1,052 Warwickshire 26 558 4 368 West Mercia 58 1,200 15 822 West Midlands 376 3,984 48 3,821 West Yorkshire 264 2,598 50 2,921 Wiltshire 45 841 3 421 Dyfed Powys 72 906 1 399 Gwent 98 1,032 11 660 North Wales 77 834 3 574 South Wales 135 1,661 22 1,793 England and Wales woo 4,664 65,152 602 49,947 2000 Avon and Somerset 58 1,171 6 761 Bedfordshire 34 582 5 349 Cambridgeshire 44 654 4 550 Cheshire 37 860 5 772 Cleveland 79 769 8 862 Cumbria 44 533 9 551 Derbyshire 64 732 5 674 Devon and Cornwall 135 1,598 9 784 Dorset 36 696 4 341 Durham 47 579 6 915 Essex 99 1,292 4 1,009 Gloucestershire 56 840 1 359 Greater Manchester 275 3,193 55 3,841 Hampshire 204 2,146 38 1,965
Juveniles cautioned1 and sentenced for indictable offences, by police force area, 1997–2000 Cautioned Sentenced Police force Age 10–11 Age 12–17 Age 10–11 Age 12–17 Hertfordshire 49 1,101 2 547 Humberside 95 1,026 9 912 Kent 148 2,069 11 1,289 Lancashire 109 1,696 35 1,637 Leicestershire 44 703 10 798 Lincolnshire 38 495 2 452 London, City of — 65 — 2 Merseyside 63 1,182 12 1,508 Metropolitan police 438 8,978 45 6,447 Norfolk 53 1,016 5 432 Northamptonshire 55 736 3 501 Northumbria 353 2,702 49 2,262 North Yorkshire 35 644 6 563 Nottinghamshire 134 1,395 21 1,372 South Yorkshire 77 1,099 25 1,429 Staffordshire2 104 1,234 — — Suffolk 80 940 5 427 Surrey 19 559 5 415 Sussex 83 1,588 7 756 Thames Valley 131 2,334 9 1,221 Warwickshire 30 481 1 300 West Mercia 120 1,275 4 774 West Midlands 264 3,581 53 4,076 West Yorkshire 284 2,662 71 2,460 Wiltshire 74 930 3 444 Dyfed Powys 75 850 2 317 Gwent 76 814 8 643 North Wales 68 666 11 582 South Wales 81 1,478 14 1,640 England and Wales 4,392 59,944 599 48,661 1Includes reprimands and final warnings which replaced cautions for juveniles from 1 June 2000, having been piloted in seven police force areas from September 1998. 2Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been included in the total only.