§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were placed in intensive supervision and surveillance programmes by police authorities in the last year for which figures are available. [121871]
§ Paul GogginsThe number of young offenders who have started on the scheme between 1 June 2002 and 31 May 2003 is set out in descending order. In some of the areas the scheme has been available only partway through that period.
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Police force area Number of young offenders started on the scheme Metropolitan 589 Greater Manchester 423 West Yorkshire 281 West Midlands 232 Merseyside 196 Northumbria 183 Staffordshire 155 South Wales 151 Lancashire 141 South Yorkshire 126 Cleveland 121 Nottinghamshire 121 Kent 77 Durham 72 Hampshire 72 Leicestershire 69 Gwent 63 Avon and Somerset 62 North Yorkshire 59 Thames Valley 59 North Wales 55 Cambridgeshire 53 Suffolk 48 West Mercia 45 Bedfordshire 30