HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 c221W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will obtain from the Commissioner of the Metropolis and publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed statement giving, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, the number of robberies which have taken place connected with private security firms and the amount of moneys and valuables stolen.

Mr. Sharples

In the Metropolitan Police District, in 1971, there were nine robberies in which it was known to the police that security guards were attacked. A total of £506,800, in money, was stolen, most of it in one robbery.