§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the arrest and conviction rates for street robbery for each quarter from 1994 to June 1996 for the Metropolitan police area. [38868]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 22 July 1996]: The available information on arrests has been supplied by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and is given in the following table. Information on conviction rates for street robberies is not available.
Arrests for street robbery in the Metropolitan police district Year Number of arrests 1994 Quarter 1 583 Quarter 2 591 Quarter 3 683 Quarter 4 753 1995 Quarter 1 784 Quarter 2 1,214 Quarter 3 1,274 Quarter 4 1,260 1996 Quarter 1 1,109 Quarter 2 1,138