§ Mr. Ellisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why information regarding the incidence of offences involving taking money from prepayment gas and electricity meters in the Bristol area in the last five years is not available.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganBecause the criminal statistics do not distinguish between larcenies from prepayment gas and electricity meters and larcenies from other types of automatic machines and meters. Moreover, if such offences involve entry into premises, they are recorded under the appropriate classification, within which thefts from prepayment meters within the premises are not separately classified.