§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the incidence of all categories of unlawful killings, in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. JackThe available information is for notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales and is contained in the table. Figures for 1992 as a whole are not yet available.
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Unlawful killings1 recorded by the police England and Wales: 1979–1992. Year Number of offences 1979 856 1980 857 1981 794 1982 887 1983 739 1984 844 1985 875
Year Number of offences 1986 893 1987 982 1988 971 1989 1,036 1990 1,088 1991 1,143 12 months to June 1991 1,121 12 months to June 1992 1,071 1 Comprises, murder, manslaughter, infanticide, child destruction, causing death by reckless driving, and causing death by aggravated vehicle taking (from 1 April 1992 only).