§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people have been injured in robberies and muggings in the Cardiff, West constituency in each of the last 10 years; how many people have been detained in hospital; and how many have been disabled;
(2) how many robberies and muggings were recorded in the Cardiff, West constituency in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MellorThe term "mugging" has no legal definition; most offences of the type frequently referred to as 'mugging' are recorded as offences of robbery. The information readily available to me relates to offences of robbery recorded by the police in police force areas, statistics of which are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (table 2.6 of the issue for 1984, Cmnd. 9621) and in "Criminal Statistics Supplementary Tables" (volume 3, table 3.1 of the issue for 1984). No information is available to me on numbers of persons injured, hospitalised or disabled as a result of robberies or muggings.