§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the annual number of convictions in England and Wales for the crimes of murder, manslaughter and attempted murder from 1960 to the latest available date; and if he will publish figures for the same period covering convictions for the total number of summary offences.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information is published annually in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales"—tables 10(a) and 10(b) of the volume for 1979, Cmnd 8098. Further information about offences of homicide, which includes infanticide and excludes attempted murder, is given in chapter 10 in the same publication. For the volumes for 1964–68 see table IVB and for 1960–63 table XIB. Information for 1980 will be published later this year.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the provisional totals of crimes and offences involving violence against the person and burglary, respectively, in 1980; and by what percentage these two totals, respectively, exceed or are less than the comparable totals five, 10 and 20 years previously.
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County/London Borough Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date of Inquiry Tower Hamlets 14 June 1979 26 June 1980 Waltham Forest 14 June 1979 2 July 1980 Wandsworth 14 June 1979 6 March 1980 Warwickshire 15 May 1980 25 November 1980 City of Westminster 14 June 1979 14 July 1980 * Second inquiry into provisional recommendations. (c) The commission has published provisional recommendations and is about to hold local inquiries in respect of the following counties.
County Date of Publication of Provisional Recommendations Date of Inquiry Durham 26 June 1980 7 July 1981 Hereford and Worcester 28 August 1980 7 July 1981
§ Mr. MayhewInformation for 1980 is published 'In Home office statistical bulletin 5/81, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Information for earlier years is published annually in "Criminal statistics, England and Wales"—table 2.1 of the volume for 1979, Cmnd 8098. The percentages requested are given in the following table.
Serious offences recorded by the police Offence group Percentage change 1960–80 1970–80 1975–80 Violence against the person +517 +137 +37 Burglary .. +44 +19 .. Comparable figures for this offence group are not available for years prior to the implemntation of the Theft Act 1968.