§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of rape have been reported, how many convictions have been obtained, how many offenders have escaped whilst awaiting trial, and how many of these have been at large since December 1976 to the latest available date compared, in actual figures and percentages, with 1975, 1974 and 1973.
§ Mr. JohnThe available information is as follows:
OFFENCES OF RAPE RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE THE POLICE ENGLAND AND WALES Year of Recording Number of offences 1973 … … … … 998 1974 … … … … 1,052 1975 … … … … 1,040 1976 … … … … 1,094
PERSONS CONVICTED OF THE OFFENCE OF RAPE ENGLAND AND WALES Year of conviction Number of persons found guilty 1973 … … … … 331 1974 … … … … 343 1975 … … … … 336 1976 … … … … not yet available The rest of the information asked for could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.