§ Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the percentage detection rate for crimes in Dorset for each of the last two years;
(2) what was the total number of reported crimes in Dorset for each of the last two years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is published annually, and most recently in tables 2.4 and 2.18 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1987", Cmd. 498. It is planned to publish recorded crime figures for 1988 later this month in a statistical bulletin, and clear-up rates for 1988 will be included in the annual Command Paper in the autumn.