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Mr. Driberg
asked the Minister of State for Defence if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the ages of those presently detained in the Naval Detention Quarters, Portsmouth, together with the offences of which they have been found guilty, and the length of their sentences.
Mr. Kirk
The details requested are as below for the 31st December, 1970:
| Offence | Age |
| 28 days | |
| Improperly leaving ship, drunkenness | 20, 19 |
| Absence without leave, drunkenness | 22 |
| Absence without leave | 20, 22 |
| Drunkenness | 17, 23 |
| Taking a Motor Launch without permission—wilfully damaging the Motor Launch | 18 |
| Wilful disobedience, telling a lie, slack in turning out, possession of two identity cards | 23 |
| Smuggling | 19 |
| Abandoning his post, asleep on watch | 20 |
| Absence from place of duty (was the culminating offence in a series of minor offences) | 17 |
| Theft, absence from place of duty, absence without leave | 17 |
| 42 days | |
| Desertion | 18, 19, 20, 21, 21 |
| Absence without leave | 24 |
| Theft | 25 |
| Wilful disobedience, theft, contempt of superior officer | 18 |
| Offence | Age |
| 60 days | |
| Desertion | 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 |
| Absence without leave | 21, 20 |
| Assault, occasioning actual bodily harm | 21 |
| Wilful disobedience, carrying an offensive weapon | 25 |
| Indecent assault | 25 |
| Improperly leaving ship, taking and driving away a motor car, no driving licence | 20 |
| Possession of drugs | 17, 19 |
| Improperly leaving ship, theft | 20 |
| 70 days | |
| Desertion | 22 |
| Improper absence | 20 |
| 84 days | |
| Desertion | 21 |
| 90 days | |
| Using violence to his superior officer | 20 |
| Possession of drugs—supplying drugs | 20 |
| Assault (two charges), wilful disobedience (two charges), using threatening language to superior officer | 21 |
| Wilful damage (two charges), neglect of duty (two charges) | 19 |
| Assault, striking his superior officer | 21 |
| Creating a disturbance, using violence to resist arrest, threatening language | 21 |
| 5 months | |
| Striking his superior officer, smuggling | 20 |
| 6 months | |
| Theft of public property | 23 |