§ Mr. John Fraserasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of offences recorded as known to the police and the number cleared up in the L Division of the Metropolitan Police in 1972; and how these figures compare with 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. CarlisleThe following is the information:
METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT—L DIVISION 1970 1971 1972 Offences recorded as known to the police 16,037 16,444 18,111 Offences cleared up 4,531 4,784 5,152 Figures for all three years include offences of thefts of property valued under £5 and offences of criminal or malicious damage to property where the amount involved was £20 or over.