§ Mr. Hickmetasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were (a) indicted for armed robbery, (b) acquitted and (c) convicted, in each year since 1979; if he will give details of the offences alleged and the sentence imposed in each case of conviction; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorInformation collected centrally on court proceedings does not include details of the circumstances of offences, and it is not possible to distinguish offences of armed robbery from other offences of robbery. Information on proceedings at magistrates' and Crown courts for all offences of robbery can be found in Table S1.1(A). (Volume 1) and table S2.2(A) (Volume 2) of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables 1984" and in corresponding tables for earlier years; information on the length of custodial sentences imposed on those found guilty can be found in table S1.5 and tables S2.2 to S2.5 of the same volumes.