§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fatal stabbings have been recorded by each police constabulary in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe table shows the number of offences currently recorded as homicide involving the use of a sharp instrument in England and Wales for the years 1987 to 1991:
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Offences currently recorded as homicide involving the use of a sharp instrument England and Wales Police force area Number of offences 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 9 2 2 2 3 Bedfordshire 4 3 2 2 3 Cambridgeshire 2 2 1 1 2 Cheshire 1 2 2 3 2 Cleveland — 3 6 3 3 Cumbria — — — 3 — Derbyshire — 2 4 2 3 Devon and Cornwall 4 6 1 3 3 Dorset — 1 — 1 2 Durham 1 — — 3 — Essex 3 6 5 1 7 Gloucestershire — 1 3 1 3 Greater Manchester 14 12 6 4 7 Hampshire 4 1 2 6 3 Hertfordshire — 7 2 1 5 Humberside 3 4 2 3 2 Kent 4 6 2 4 2 Lancashire 9 5 5 6 3 Leicestershire — — 1 5 3 Lincolnshire 2 — 2 — 2 London, City of — — — — — Merseyside 3 7 4 6 11 Metropolitan Police District 70 57 59 52 73 Norfolk 1 1 1 7 8 Northamptonshire 5 4 1 1 — Northumbria 5 3 6 6 5 North Yorkshire 2 1 4 2 2 Nottinghamshire 5 1 — 4 5 South Yorkshire 4 7 3 5 8 Staffordshire 2 3 2 3 3 Suffolk — — 4 2 2 Surrey 3 2 2 1 2 Sussex 1 2 4 4 3 Thames Valley 2 6 7 5 7 Warwickshire 2 — 1 — 1 West Mercia 1 1 — 2 1 West Midlands 15 9 10 8 12 West Yorkshire 10 7 13 10 15 Wiltshire 2 1 4 1 3 Dyfed-Powys 2 2 — — 1 Gwent 2 3 1 — — North Wales 1 4 — — 2 South Wales 3 6 6 11 1 England and Wales 201 190 182 184 223