33. Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the crime statistics for the calendar year 1985.
§ Mr. MellorStatistics of notifiable offences recorded by the police in 1985 were published on 13 March in Home OfficeStatistical Bulletin issue number 4/86.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the clear-up rate for all crimes in Wales in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is given in the following table.
Clear-up rate for notifiable offences recorded by the police in Wales Percentage 1980 50 1981 49 1982 50 1983 50 1984 47 1985 47
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence have taken place in Wales in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. MellorThe numbers of notifiable offences recorded by the police in Wales in 1985 were published, by type of offence, in Home Office Statistical Bulletin, issue No. 4/86 (table 6); corresponding figures for earlier years are given in the annual publication "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (table 2.5 of the issue for 1984, Cmnd. 9621).