§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is his estimate of the cost to police forces of tracing motor vehicles bearing false number plates;
(2) what is his estimate of the cost to police forces of tracing and correctly identifying vehicles fitted with false number plates used for criminal purposes or stolen.
§ Mr. MayhewThis information is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total value of motor vehicles stolen and not recovered for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information is published annually in"Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—offence classifications 48 in table 2.13 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7670, and table 2.8 of the volume for 1979, Cmnd. 8098. Information for 1980 is not yet available.