HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 cc660-1W
42. Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of criminal damage were reported to the police forces in England and Wales in 1989; and by what percentage these changed over 1988.

Mr. John Patten

A total of 630,000 offences of criminal damage were recorded by the police in 1989—6 per cent. more than in 1988.

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