§ 18. Mr. Nicholas Bakerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the figures for offences of poaching from farms and assault on persons in rural areas for the latest year available and give comparable figures for the previous two years.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is not available separately, because the circumstances of offences are not recorded centrally. Offences on farms or in rural areas560W would be included in the general figures of offences of assault or poaching. Moreover, offences in the latter group are not notifiable to the Home Office.