§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the proportion of the clear-up rate for each police force in(a) 1990 and (b) 1991 accounted for by offences taken into consideration.
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§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is contained in the table.
Notifiable offences1 cleared up by the police: percentage of offences cleared up by being taken into consideration England and Wales Police force area 1990 1991 Per cent. Per cent. Avon and Somerset 18 15 Bedfordshire 24 16 Cambridgeshire 19 28 Cheshire 16 15 Cleveland 19 33 Cumbria 17 18 Derbyshire 17 20 Devon and Cornwall 16 16 Dorset 15 14 Durham 7 12 Essex 19 34 Gloucestershire 23 18 Greater Manchester 16 26 Hampshire 21 18 Hertfordshire 20 27 Humberside 26 21 Kent 15 20 Lancashire 27 21 Leicestershire 33 28 Lincolnshire 26 21 City of London 6 12 Merseyside 9 15 Metropolitan police district 6 7 Norfolk 18 22 Northamptonshire 15 18 Northumbria 13 20 North Yorkshire 19 25 Nottinghamshire 28 24 South Yorkshire 11 6 Staffordshire 14 16 Suffolk 6 1 Surrey 14 16 Sussex 20 22 Thames Valley 22 26 Warwickshire 16 21 West Mercia 14 13 West Midlands 11 16 West Yorkshire 14 18 Wiltshire 18 14 Dyfed-Powys 2 4 Gwent 10 10 North Wales 16 17 South Wales 6 4 TOTAL 15 18 1 Excluding offences of "other criminal damage" of value £20 and under.