§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) crimes were committed by, and (b) cautions were issued to, juvenile offenders in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the North West in each year since 1992. [144323]
§ Paul GogginsThe table gives the number of juveniles convicted of all offences in St. Helens, Merseyside and the North West Region, 1992 to 2002. It also shows those given cautions (reprimands and final warnings from June 2000) in Merseyside and the North West during this period.
The information collected centrally does not enable cautions in St. Helens to be separately identified. Neither is it possible to give the number of crimes committed by juveniles, only the number of juveniles who are found guilty of all offences.
Statistics for 2003 will be published in the Autumn of 2004.