§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homes were burgled in 1979 and 1980; what was the value of property stolen in each year and what was the value of property recovered; and what was the average value of property stolen per burglary and the average value of property recovered.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information available on the number of offences of burglary in a dwelling recorded by the police in England and Wales in 1979 and the total value of property stolen and recovered is published in table 2.6 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1979"—Cmnd. 8098. For all recorded burglaries in a dwelling in 1979—including those where the value of property stolen was nil—the average value of property stolen was £282 and the average value of property recovered was £14. Information relating to 1980 is not yet available.