§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of indictable offences recorded as known to the police and the number cleared up in England and Wales in 1976; and how these figures compare with 1975.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe number of offences recorded as known to the police in England and Wales in 1976 was 2,135,700, of which 916,500, or 43 per cent., were cleared up. The following table compares the figures for 1976 with those for 1975:
Champion and the Lord James of Rusholme, my right hon. Friends the Members for Anglesey (Mr. Hughes), Huyton (Sir H. Wilson), and Midlesbrough (Mr. Bottomley), the right hon. Lady the Leader of the Opposition, the hon. Members for Bristol, West (Mr. Cooke) and Sevenoaks (Sir J. Rodgers) and the right hon. Member for Devon, North (Mr. Thorpe).
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