§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of those who have been convicted of offences 385W in the United Kingdom commonly described as mugging over the past five years, how many were eligible for deportation; and how many were in fact deported.
§ Mr. Mayhew"Mugging" has no legal definition. Most offences of the type frequently referred to as "mugging" are recorded in England and Wales as offences of robbery. Information on the number found guilty of robbery and eligible for deportation is not collected centrally. Information on the number found guilty of robbery and deported could be provided only at disproportionate, cost. Information on the number of persons found guilty of offences of robbery in England and Wales is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", table 5.1 of the volume for 1980—Cmnd. 8376.