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Mr. Campbell-Savours
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the numbers of persons between the age of 16 and 21 years receiving custodial sentences in each of the petty sessional divisions in Cumbria for each year from 1974 to 1981.
Mr. Mayhew
The information readily available relates to males aged 17 and under 21 years sentenced for
| Males aged 17 and under 21 given custodial sentences for indictable offences by magistrates' courts in Petty Sessional Divisions in Cumbria* | ||||||
| Number of males | ||||||
| 1979 | 1980 | |||||
| Petty Sessional Division | Immediate custody† | Suspended sentence‡ | Committed for sentence under section 28 or 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952‡ | Immediate custody† | Suspended sentence‡ | Committed for sentence under section 28 or 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952‡ |
| Alston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ambleside and Windermere | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 6 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Bootle | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Carlisle | 22 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| Cockermouth | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| East Ward | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hawkshead | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kendal | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Keswick | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Lonsdale Ward | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maryport | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 |
| North Lonsdale | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Penrith | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| West Ward | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Whitehaven | 3 | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Wigton | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Workington | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| CUMBRIA | 41 | 22 | 74 | 42 | 22 | 60 |
| * The numbers are subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and are therefore not necessarily accurate to the last digit shown. | ||||||
| † Immediate imprisonment or detention centre. | ||||||
| ‡ These are included because they may lead to the offenders being sentenced to custody for the offence. | ||||||