§ 45. Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many private prosecutions for theft from shops have been brought in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information available centrally on prosecutions does not separately distinguish private prosecutions and the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on the total number of persons proceeded against for shoplifting is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (Table 1(a) of the volume for 1979, Cmnd. 8098); information for 1980 will be published later this year.