§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total number of persons convicted for murder, manslaughter and attempted murder, respectively, in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures for each of the previous 20 years.
§ Mr. BrittanInformation on the number of persons found guilty of murder, attempted murder and manslaughter is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—table 10(a) of the volume for 1977, Cmnd. 7289. Information for 1978 is not yet available. Further information about offences of homicide, which includes infanticide and excludes attempted murder, is given in chapter 9 of the same publication.