§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will produce a table showing by police authority for the latest 12 months data available the number of reported(a) burglaries, (b) murders, (c) rapes, (d) cases of sexual abuse against individuals under 16 years, (e) suicide attempts and (f) robberies involving cash greater than £100,000.
§ Mr. John PattenThe readily available information by police force area is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales Supplementary Volume 3" table S3.1, a copy of which is available in the Library. No information is available centrally on attempted suicide.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the total number of crimes committed in England and Wales for each year from 1970 to 1989, inclusive, by police authorities.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information for 1974–79 and 1981–88 is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"; in Table 2.5 of the latest issue, for 1988, Cm 847. Information for 1970–73 and 1980 is contained in the "Supplementary Tables" for those years. Copies of these publications are available in the Library.