asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the percentage by which the number of male persons convicted in the twelve months to the last convenient date, for indictable offences of all kinds, exceeded the number convicted in 1938; and if he will give the corresponding percentage increase or decrease for indictable offences of larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, fraud and false pretences, violence against the person, and murder, respectively.

The last complete year for which statistics of persons convicted are available is 1960. The following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1960, the numbers of males convicted of all indictable offences, of murder, and of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, frauds and false pretences, and violence against the person; and the percentage increases in 1960 compared with 1938:

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the percentage by which the number of male persons, aged 30 years or over, convicted in the twelve months to the last convenient date, for violence against the person, exceeded the number similarly convicted in 1938; and if he will give the corresponding percentage increase or decrease for those convicted between the ages of 21 and 30, and for those convicted under 21 years.

The last complete year for which statistics of persons convicted are available is 1960. The following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1960, the numbers of males aged 30 years and over, 21 and under 30 years, and under 21 years, convicted of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as violence against the person, and the percentage increases in 1960 compared with 1938: