HC Deb 03 November 1994 vol 248 c1346W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recovery rate has been achieved of stolen vehicles for each of the last five years for which figures are available;

(2) what records are kept detailing recovery rates of vehicles reported stolen.

Mr. Maclean

Information on the number of vehicles recorded as stolen and subsequently recovered is available for 42 of the 43 police force areas in England and Wales, and is provided to the Home Office by those forces. The recovery rate for the last five years is given in the following table.