§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been(a) killed whilst driving stolen cars and (b) killed by drivers of stolen cars on Merseyside in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydI understand from the chief constable of Merseyside that between 1984 and 1988, 15 persons were killed whilst driving stolen vehicles in Merseyside. During the same period the number of persons killed by drivers of stolen vehicles was 15 (of these, nine persons were occupants of stolen vehicles and six were pedestrians or occupants of other vehicles). In 1989 up to 31 October, three deaths have occurred: two occupants or drivers of stolen cars and one other road user.