§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence have been committed in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganFollowing are the numbers of indictable offences of violence against the person known to the police in England and Wales in each of the years 1963–67, with provisional figures for the first nine months of 1968:
1963 20,083 1964 23,470 1965 25,549 1966 26,716 1967 29,048 1968 23,090 *Provisional figure for first nine months. I hope to be able to give provisional figures for the whole of 1968 in March.