Question reference: S4W-08706
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 13 July 2012
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many children under the age of 12 have been charged with criminal offences in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) offence, (b) age, (c) gender and (d) police force.
Answer
Information on the number of people charged is not held centrally.
There have been no children under the age of 12 prosecuted in Scottish Courts in the financial years 1999-2000 to 2010-11.
The majority of children aged under 16 will be dealt with by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration.