§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department 369W whether he will give, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, the number of armed and unarmed smash-and-grab robberies that have taken place; how much money and valuables was stolen; how many of those concerned have been apprehended; and how much of the stolen valuables and cash has been recovered.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe criminal statistics are not collected in such a way as to make it possible to answer this Question.
Committal Proceedings Summary Proceedings Committals for Trial Area Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused Number of applications Granted Refused COUNTIES Bedfordshire … 192 191 1 563 549 14 185 185 — Berkshire … … 246 241 5 557 518 39 284 283 1 Buckinghamshire … 211 208 3 362 333 29 230 229 1 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely … 140 138 2 362 321 41 132 130 2 Cheshire … … 330 320 10 940 890 50 354 352 2 Cornwall … … 113 113 — 539 516 23 95 92 3 Cumberland … 60 57 3 250 223 27 64 60 4 Derbyshire … … 266 263 3 487 454 33 268 268 — Devon … … 125 125 — 422 402 20 128 127 1 Dorset … … 139 123 16 589 498 91 226 220 6 Durham … … 363 345 18 808 645 163 406 403 3 Essex … … 288 277 11 1,039 782 257 432 419 13 Gloucestershire … 227 220 7 452 396 56 237 236 1 Hampshire … … 432 415 17 1,181 1,069 112 455 449 6 Isle of Wight … 66 39 27 134 84 50 78 78 — Herefordshire … 106 105 1 197 174 23 100 100 — Hertfordshire … 410 406 4 897 806 91 453 450 3 Huntingdonshire and Peterborough … 133 133 — 332 322 10 127 127 — Kent … … 751 742 9 1,493 1,328 165 875 869 6 Lancashire … … 1,071 1,015 56 1,740 1,350 390 1,179 1,168 11 Leicestershire … 128 128 — 291 260 31 146 146 — Lincolnshire— Holland … 55 55 — 117 112 5 55 55 — Kesteven … 57 57 — 167 154 13 55 55 — Lindsey … 155 154 1 325 290 35 156 156 — North East London Area … … 556 549 7 1,272 782 490 670 664 6 South East London Area … … 281 276 5 729 595 134 438 436 2 South West London Area … … 288 283 5 715 623 92 341 341 — Middlesex Area … 956 822 134 1,954 1,086 868 1,021 991 30 Monmouthshire … 140 137 3 540 464 76 186 186 — Norfolk … … 142 138 4 372 339 33 164 162 2 Northamptonshire … 161 160 1 397 383 14 187 187 — Northumberland … 135 135 — 428 419 9 140 140 — Nottinghamshire … 225 224 1 972 907 65 309 309 — Oxfordshire … 132 131 1 212 202 10 145 145 — Rutland … … 6 6 — 10 10 — 4 4 — Shropshire … … 116 114 2 289 258 31 129 129 — Somerset … … 222 219 3 563 520 43 223 223 — Staffordshire … 343 335 8 1,047 998 49 430 430 — Suffolk, East … 107 106 1 198 161 37 119 119 — Suffolk, West … 40 40 — 240 230 10 56 56 — Surrey … … 355 344 11 798 680 118 485 482 3 Sussex, East … 193 189 4 356 302 54 221 221 — Sussex, West … 225 223 2 487 405 82 230 229 1 Warwickshire … 167 163 4 409 344 65 224 223 1 Westmorland … 37 37 — 43 42 1 36 36 —