§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT statistics for the years 1968 to 1972, inclusive, showing the number of crimes in the following categories notified to the police, the percentage, respectively, pleading guilty and not guilty, and the percentage of those pleading not guilty who were subsequently acquitted, namely, burglary, arson, rape, shoplifting, assault, and robbery with violence.
§ Mr. CarlisleI am arranging to obtain such information as can be made available, and I shall write to my hon. Friend.