§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give, for the longest and most convenient period of time, the total number of persons charged and convicted of shoplifting and stealing from shops in the London area, the countries of origin of those convicted, and the fines imposed; to what extent those fines have been paid and not paid; and how many of the foreigners concerned have been deported or asked to leave the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. JohnInformation in the form requested is not available. The only information available is that in 1976, 17,894 persons were proceeded against for shoplifting offences in the Metropolitan Police district; of these, 16,031 were found guilty and 10,882 fined.