§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show in tabulated form for each of the years 1964 to 1973 statistics for the total number of victims known to police of (1) murder and (2) manslaughter.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe following table gives the latest corrected figures for offences of murder and manslaughter known to the police in England and Wales from 1964 to 1972:
Murder Manslaughter (section 2) Manslaughter (Other) 1964 135 35 — 1965 135 50 — 1966 122 65 — 1967 154 57 117 1968 148 57 122 1969 118 64 126 1970 135 66 117 1971 173 77 137 1972 149 95 153 Latest corrected figures for offences of man slaughter other than those under Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 are not available for the years before 1967.