To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles and young persons had been cautioned by the police on (a) three occasions, (b) four occasions and (c) more than five occasions. [37179]
The information requested is not collected routinely. The table shows results from a special study of all 4,500 offenders cautioned for indictable offences in one week of 1994 in England and Wales.
| Persons cautioned in one week of November, 1994 | ||||
| England and Wales | Percentages | |||
| Number of previous cautions | ||||
| Under 18 | 18 to 20 | Age 21 and over | All | |
| None | 82 | 87 | 89 | 85 |
| One | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Two | 4 | 2(2) | 2(2) | 3 |
| Three | 2(2) | 2(1) | 2(1) | 1 |
| Four or more | 2(1) | 2(0) | 2(1) | 2(1) |
| 1 Not necessarily in the study year. | ||||
| 2 () Figures based on fewer than 50 people. | ||||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of (a) juveniles and (b) young persons, who were formally cautioned by the police in England and Wales, did not subsequently become the subject of a further arrest and further caution in each of the last three years for which figures each are available. [37180]
The information requested is not collected routinely. The tables show results from special studies of those cautioned for indictable offences in England and Wales in one sample week each in 1985, 1988 and 1991. Table 1 shows the percentage of offenders in each sample not subsequently convicted within two years of being cautioned. More detail for part of the 1991 sample on subsequent convictions and cautions for part of the 1991 sample is included in table 2.
| Table 1: The proportion of offenders who had not been convicted within two years of being cautioned | |||
| England and Wales | Percentages | ||
| Year of study | |||
| Age at caution | 1985 | 1988 | 1991 |
| Under 18 | 83 | 80 | 79 |
| 18 to 20 | (85) | 77 | 77 |
| Table 2: The proportion of offenders who had not been subsequently convicted or recautioned within two years of being cautioned1 | |||
| England and Wales | |||
| Age at caution | Percentage not recautioned | Percentage not subsequently convicted | Percentage neither recautioned nor subsequently convicted |
| Under 18 | 69 | 76 | 55 |
| 18 to 20 | 2(92) | 2(78) | 2(71) |
| 1 Based on information supplied by 10 police forces on 422 offenders cautioned in one week on November 1991. | |||
| 2 Figures based on fewer than 50 people. | |||