§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed in South Yorkshire in 1979 and in 1986; and, of these, how many were crimes of violence against the person, of criminal damage and of thefts from dwellings in both these years.
§ Mr. MellorNumbers of notifiable offences recorded in police force areas in 1979 are published in table 32 of the Command Paper "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" for that year, and for subsequent years in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables", (table S.3.1 of volume 3 of the issue for 1985). Information for 1986 is not yet available.