§ Mr. Dudley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of robbery with violence known to the police there were in the first six months of each of the years from 1946 to 1953.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe number of offences under Section 23 (1) of the Larceny Act, 1916, known to the police in England and Wales in the first six 207W months of each of the years in question was as follows:
1946 … … … … 422 1947 … … … … 416 1948 … … … … 502 1949 … … … … 391 1950 … … … … 456 1951 … … … … 328 1952 … … … … 359 1953 … … … … 427 The figures for the first six months of the year are not a reliable guide to the probable figures for the whole year.