Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were found guilty of murder, attempted murder, threat or conspiracy to murder, and manslaughter, respectively, in 1971; and what were the comparable figures for the years 1961 and 1966;
(2) by what percentage the total number of convictions for murder, attempted murder, threat or conspiracy to murder and manslaughter, respectively, in 1971 exceeded or was less than the comparable total for 1961.
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§ Mr. CarlisleThe following table shows the numbers of persons found guilty in England and Wales, in 1961,
1961 1966 1971 Percentage Variation 1971/1961 Murder … 51 72 97 +90.2 Attempted murder … 52 50 52 0.0 Threat or conspiracy to murder … 34 24 26 -23.5 Manslaughter … 92 160 195 +112.0
Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many crimes of violence were made known to the police in 1971; and what were the comparable figures in 1961 and 1966, respectively;
(2) by what percentage the number of crimes of violence made known to the police in 1971 exceeded or was less than the comparable total for 1961.
§ Mr. Carlisle47,036 indictable offences of violence against the person were known to the police in England and Wales in 1971. The corresponding figures for 1961 and 1966 are 17,601 and 26,716. The 1971 figure is 167 per cent. higher than that for 1961.
These figures cover the following offences: murder, attempted murder, threats or conspiracy or incitement to murder, manslaughter, infanticide, child destruction, causing death by dangerous driving, wounding and other acts endangering life, endangering railway passengers, endangering life at sea, malicious wounding and other like offences, assault, abandoning children under two years, child stealing, procuring abortion and concealment of birth.
Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving the use of firearms
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Years served Year of release No. Under 1 year 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 11 to 12 12 to 13 13 to 14 14 to 15 15 to 16 20 to 21 21 to 22 24 to 25 1961 … 17 — — — 1 1 — 1 3 2 9 — — — — — — — — — 1962 … 7 — — — — — 1 — 1 2 2 — — — — 1 — — — — 1963 … 9 — — — — 1 — 1 1 3 2 1 — — — — — — — — 1964 … 18 — — — 1 — 1 1 1 4 8 1 — — — — 1 — — — 1965 … 22 — — — 1 — 1 — 3 11 3 1 — — — — — 1 1 — 1966 … 22 — — — — — — — 1 5 14 1 1 — — — — — — — 1967 … 25 — 1 — — — 1 1 5 6 8 3 — — — — — — — — 1968 … 27 1 — — — — — — 2 5 13 — 4 2 — — — — — — 1969 … 29 — — — — — 1 — 1 8 13 4 1 1 — — — — — — 1970 … 25 — — — 1 — 1 1 1 3 13 4 — 1 — — — — — — 1971 … 26 — — — 1 — — — 1 4 5 5 3 2 — 4 — — — 1 1972 … 28 — — — — 1 — 2 1 6 7 4 3 2 1 — 1 — — — 1966 and 1971 of murder, attempted murder, threat or conspiracy to murder and manslaughter:
were made known to the police in the last annual period for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Carlisle1,735 indictable offences in which firearms were fired, used as blunt instruments to cause injury or damage, or used to threaten, were known to the police in England and Wales in 1971. Corresponding figures are available only for the previous four years:
1967 … … … … 792 1968 … … … … 878 1969 … … … … 1,308 1970 … … … … 1,359