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Earl Russell
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many young people aged (a) 10 to 16 inclusive and (b) 10 to 17 inclusive were convicted of murder and manslaughter respectively in each year from 1965 to 1995.
Baroness Blatch
Information from 1965 to 1994 (latest available) is given in the table below. Data for 1995 will not be available until the autumn.
| Number of persons convicted at all courts for (a) murder and (b) manslaughter by age group 1965–94 | ||||
| England and Wales | ||||
| Murder | Manslaughter | |||
| 10–16 | 10–17 | 10–16 | 10–17 | |
| 1965 | — | — | 2 | — |
| 1966 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| 1967 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| 1968 | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| 1969 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 3 | — |
| 1971 | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| 1972 | 3 | — | 7 | — |
| 1973 | 4 | — | 12 | — |
| 1974 | 2 | — | 11 | — |
| 1975 | 3 | — | 10 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 7 | — |
| 1977 | 3 | — | 6 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 8 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 19 |
| 1980 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 10 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 16 |
| 1982 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 9 |
| 1983 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 1984 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 14 |
| 1985 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
| 1986 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 1987 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 18 |
| 1988 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 1989 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 1990 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 1991 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| 1992 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| 1993 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 12 |
| 1994 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 8 |
Note:
Murder offences committed under Common Law, and Offences against the Person Act 1861 Secs 1, 9 & 10; Manslaughter offences committed under Common Law, and Offences against the Person Act 1861 Secs 5, 9, & 10.