§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cars were stolen on Merseyside in each of the past five years, to the latest available date.
§ Mr. JohnThe information is available only from 1st April 1974 and is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, 559W England and Wales" (Table 29 of the volume for 1976 (Cmnd. 6909)). The number of such offences recorded by the police in Merseyside in 1977 was 22,652.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cars have been stolen in Liverpool, Scotland Exchange in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. JohnInformation in the form requested is not available.
Merseyside Police have supplied the following information for their A Division which covers about 90 per cent. of the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency.
OFFENCES OF THEFT OR UNAUTHORISED TAKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDED BY THE POLICE IN A DIVISION OF THE MERSEYSIDE POLICE. Year Number of offences 1973 3,221 1974 3,526 1975 3,629 1976 3,195 1977 3,405