§ Mr. A. Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the percentage increase or decrease in crimes committed in the West Riding of Yorkshire since 1955 up to the most convenient date.
§ Mr. BrookeThe number of indictable offences known to the police in the West Riding of Yorkshire (including the county boroughs in the West Riding) was 35,116 in 1955 and 62,401 in 1961—an increase of 77.7 per cent.
§ Mr. A. Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of crimes committed in the West Riding of Yorkshire on which no criminal charges have been made since 1955 up to the most convenient date.
§ Mr. BrookeInformation in the form requested could not readily be obtained, but in the seven years 1955–1961, 331,972 indictable offences were known to the police in the West Riding of Yorkshire (including the county boroughs in the West Riding) and 168,027, or 50.6 per cent., were cleared up. The latter figure includes offences cleared up in other ways than by bringing a charge: for60W example, offences taken into consideration by a court when the offender is found guilty on another charge.