HC Deb 27 January 1966 vol 723 cc378-9
19. Mr. Awdry

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of housebreaking and burglary were reported to the police in the London Metropolitan area during the three months ended 1st December, 1965.

Miss Bacon

The numbers of offences of housebreaking and burglary which became known to the police in the Metropolitan Police District during the period 1st September to 30th November, 1965, were 5,437 and 289, respectively.

Mr. Awdry

Does not the right hon. Lady agree that this reveals a very grave state of affairs? Does she not think that perhaps a slightly more generous attitude towards police pay might help?

Miss Bacon

That is entirely another question, which is being dealt with in another context.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

Can the right hon. Lady say in how many of these cases violence was used by the criminal who was making the entry?

Miss Bacon

Not without notice.