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Mr. Michael
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17 year-old-boys were sentenced to a period of custody during (i) 1990, (ii) 1991 and (iii) 1992. [37187]
Mr. Maclean
The information is given in the table.
| Number of boys aged 15, 16 and 17 sentenced to immediate custody1at all courts 1990 to 1992 | |||
| England and Wales | |||
| Age | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
| 15 | 477 | 573 | 519 |
| 16 | 1,070 | 1,047 | 981 |
| 17 | 2,699 | 2,482 | 2,287 |
| 1 Detention in a young offender institution. | |||