§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has about the respective clear-up rates for all offences in the police divisions covering Leicester and Brighton in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. MellorThe information collected centrally relates only to police force areas, and is given in the following table.
Clear-up rate* for notifiable offences recorded by the police Leicestershire Sussex 1978 57 56 1979 54 53 1980 54 50 1981 50 47 1982 46 45 1983 47 40 1984 44 38 1985 45 36 * Offences cleared up as a percentage of the total number of offences recorded by the police.