§ 36. Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers of shop thefts reported in England for the first six months of 1984 and 1985, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorStatistics of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales up to the second quarter of 1985 were published inHome Office Statistical Bulletin, issue 27/85 on 2 October 1985. The police in England recorded about 136,800 thefts from shops in the first six months of 1985 compared with 114,500 in the first six months of 1984.