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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were serving probation orders at the latest convenient date; and how this compares with the figures for each of the previous seven years.
Mr. Brittan
[pursuant to his reply, 1 May 1980, c. 635–6]: The number of persons serving probation orders on 31 December of the years 1973 to 1978, and who were aged 17 and under 21 when orders were imposed, is as follows:
| 1973 | 21,480 |
| 1974 | 20,896 |
| 1975 | 20,013 |
| 1976 | 18,404 |
| 1977 | 16,703 |
| 1978 | 15,366 |