HC Deb 18 June 1992 vol 209 c646W
21. Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures for the change in levels of crime in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) South Wales and (c) Neath since 1979.

Mr. Jack

Between 1979 and 1991 recorded crime increased by 126 per cent. in south Wales and 108 per cent. in England and Wales as a whole. Statistics for Neath are not collected centrally. Statistics for other parts of the United Kingdom are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.