§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was(a) the number of reported thefts from motor vehicles in Staffordshire in each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage differences in the number of reported thefts from motor vehicles in Staffordshire between 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) what was (a) the number of reported thefts of motor vehicles in Staffordshire in each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage difference in the number of reported thefts of motor vehicles in Staffordshire between 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(3) what was (a) the number of reported burglaries in Staffordshire for each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage difference in the number of reported burglaries in Staffordshire between 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(4) what was (a) the level of recorded crime in Staffordshire for each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage difference in the level of reported crime in Staffordshire between 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 2 March 1993]: The available information is for recorded offences. Statistics for 1979 are published in table 32 of the 1979 volume of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Statistics for 1980–91 are published annually in table 3.1 of the "Criminal Statistics, Supplementary Volume 3"—copies of these publications are available in the Library. Figures for 1992 are not yet available. Figures for percentage changes between 1979 and 1991, the latest available year, are as follows:
Notifiable offences recorded by the police—Staffordshire Offence Percentage change 1991 compared with 1979 Theft from vehicle +248 Theft of vehicle +223 Burglaries +193 Total overall recorded crime +127