§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of entries in the stolen and suspect vehicles index of the police national computer; what is the reason for any general sub-grouping of entries to be found in the index; and how many entries there are in each sub-group in the index.
§ Mr. MayhewOn 27 February 1983 there were 297,908 entries in the stolen and suspect vehicles index.336W Sub-groupings of entries exist to assist police in defining the reasons for entries and to ensure that they are removed after an appropriate interval unless positive steps are taken by police to secure retention.
The number of entries in each sub-group was as follows:
Numbers Lost or stolen 194,781 Obtained by deception 498 Found or apparently abandoned 25,534 Repossessed by a finance company 92 Removed into police custody 11,351 Removed by police from one street to another 171 Owned or used by police 8,666 Details not to be passed over open radio channels (e.g. police vehicles used in observation duties) 4,097 Of long term interest to police (e.g. owned by known criminals or missing persons) 41,077 Suspected of being involved in a crime or other incident 2,296 Seen or checked in noteworthy circumstances (e.g. at night in an area where a series of crimes is under investigation) 9,345 Because some vehicles attract more than one entry there are fewer vehicles recorded than there are entries in the index.
§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of entries in the wanted and missing persons' index of the police national computer; what is the reason for any general sub-grouping of entries to be found in the index; and how many entries there are in each sub-group in the index.
§ Mr. MayhewOn 16 January 1983 there were 115,614 entries in the wanted and missing persons' index. Sub-groupings exist to assist police in defining the reasons for entries and to ensure that they are removed after an appropriate interval unless positive steps are taken by police to secure retention.
The number of entries in each sub-group was as follows:
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Numbers Wanted for specific offences where there is sufficient evidence to charge the subject, for non-payment of fines, of failure to appear in court to answer charges, or legally prohibited from entering the United Kingdom. 56,730 Suspected of a specific offence where there is insufficient evidence to charge immediately. 3,724 Sought for desertion from the armed forces or for absconding from penal or other institutions, or recalled to penal institutions. 13,090 Missing and may be vulnerable to harm or believed to be in the company of such a missing person. 1,983 Sought, or whose whereabouts need to be established, by police in relation to unresolved enquiries. 38,024 Released on licence from a sentence of life imprisonment. 1,175 Found, and unable by age, illness or other circumstances to establish their identity (and bodies not yet formally identified). 173 To be notified to the entering force if held in custody elsewhere; subject to an impending prosecution and already on file in the index. 715 One person may attract more than one entry on the index; the total number of persons recorded was 107,460.