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Written question asked by Lord Risby (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 November 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 April 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime: Young People

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of those arrested for robbery in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in 2006 were aged 17 and under.
Answer

Information on arrests collected by the Ministry of Justice provides data on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, by age group, gender, ethnicity, and main offence group. The available information is given in the following table. Data for 2006-07 will be available later in the year.

Number of persons aged 17 and under arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) within the 'robbery' offence group, by area, 2005-06 (latest available).
Total
Age 17 and under All ages and age note known Percentage of age 17 and under
East region 990 2,061 48
Suffolk police force area 60 191 31
Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
162591; 474 c1937-8W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Young offenders East of England
Link
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