§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of cars stolen in Greater London in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. MellorThe number of offences of theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicles recorded by the356W Metropolitan police and the City of London police was 86,900 in 1983; 88,000 in 1984; and 88,500 in 1985. These figures are published each year, by police force area in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables Volume 3". (Table S.3.1 of the 1985 issue.)