§ Mr. Edgeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has yet made a decision on whether Oxford and Cambridge colleges should retain their charitable status in any reform of the law of charities.
§ Dr. SummerskillWe are considering all the implications of the Expenditure Committee's recommendation that the law relating to the definition of charitable status should be changed, but propose to defer our reply until the committee set up by the National Council of Social Services has reported.
INDICTABLE OFFENCES RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE—BY OFFENCE GROUP ENGLAND AND WALES Number of offences (000's) Offences known to the police Offences cleared up Percentage change 1974 1975 1974 1975 1975–74 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Violence against the person … 63.8 71.0 +11 51.1 80 57.6 81 Sexual offences … 24.7 23.7 -4 19.2 78 18.6 78 Burglary … 483.8 521.9 +8 164.3 34 175.6 34 Robbery … 8.7 11.3 +30 3.4 39 4.5 40 Theft and handling stolen goods … 1,189.9 1,267.7 +7 501.0 42 525.1 41 Fraud and forgery … 117.2 123.1 +5 96.7 83 103.7 84 Criminal damage … 67.1 78.5 +17 25.4 38 28.7 37 Other offences … 8.2 8.4 +2 7.5 91 7.8 93 Total … 1,963.4 2,105.6 +7 868.6 44 921.6 44