§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers and the types of murder committed for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. MayhewIn the case of homicide it is not possible in the absence of a court decision to distinguish between offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide. The information readily available relates to offences currently recorded as homicide; Information by apparent method of killing and apparent circumstances is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 4.3 and 4.5 of the volume for 1980, Cmnd. 8376.
§ 1981. Dr. Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many known murders were committed in England and Wales; and how many of these were detected and how many convictions resulted in (a) 1980 and (b)
§ Mr. MayhewI shall reply as soon as possible.