§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidence he now has from the most recent annual reports of chief constables in the United Kingdom of any reduction in criminal offences committed.
§ Mr. MayhewEncouraging figures have recently been released by the Metropolitan police suggesting that the Commissioner's vigourous measures against crime are having some success, in particular against theft and robbery. Figures for notifiable offences recorded by the police for the period of the most recent annual reports—1982 — were published in "Home Office Statistical Bulletin" issue 3/83 on 14 March 1983.