HC Deb 20 October 1993 vol 230 cc238-9W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table showing for each of the years 1979 to 1992 the total number of offences in the category of theft and handling stolen goods; and how many in each year were(a) shoplifting, (b) handling and (c) other categories of theft.

Mr. Maclean

The requested information is contained in the following table:

Year Total Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Other theft
1991 2,761,119 281,276 51,495 2,428,348
1992 2,851,638 288,672 49,836 2,513,130

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