§ 32. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what percentage of cases before 1914 the perpetrators of crimes were discovered; and what the percentage is now.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir David Maxwell Fyfe)In 1951, 47 per cent. of all indictable offences known to the police in England and Wales were cleared up but the percentage varies widely according to the type of offence. No corresponding figure is available for before 1914.