HC Deb 21 July 1978 vol 954 c433W
Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what percentage the combined offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide reported to the police increased or decreased in England and Wales in 1977 compared with 1976.

Mr. John

There was a 15 per cent. decrease in the number of offences of homicide—murder, manslaughter and infanticide—recorded by the police in England and Wales in 1977 compared with 1976.