§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will make it his policy to publish separate figures for mortgage fraud in the annual criminal statistics;
(2) what statistics are currently available for the incidence of mortgage fraud in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. I have no plans to collect and publish more detailed figures on offences of fraud in "Criminal Statistics".