§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers about the cost of police investigations into alleged and proven miscarriages of justice in the last five years. [19040]
§ Mr. MacleanNone. However, we are due shortly to discuss with the association the results of a survey of the costs of a small sample of recently completed
Crimes1 recorded by the police in OECD countries2 1979 1987 1993 Number Index Number Index Number Index Australia3 642,066 100 1,070,367 167 41,273,948 198 Austria 330,132 100 391,291 119 493,786 150 Belgium — — 293,631 — 388,150 — Canada 1,855,271 100 2,368,956 128 2,736,096 147 Denmark 355,054 100 524,323 148 546,894 154 Finland 192,979 100 317,290 164 385,985 200 France 2,330,566 100 3,170,970 136 3,881,894 167 Germany 3,533,802 100 4,444,108 126 56,750,613 — Greece — — 303,182 — — — Ireland 64,057 100 85,358 133 98,979 155 Italy 1,103,536 100 1,867,035 169 2,253,303 204 Japan 1,289,405 100 1,577,954 122 1,801,150 140 Netherlands 615,700 100 1,042,120 169 1,279,460 208 New Zealand — — 406,627 — 502,460 — Norway 109,991 100 198,877 181 248,001 225 Portugal — — 251,588 — 339,662 — Sweden 698,171 100 949,367 136 1,031,015 148 United Kingdom England/Wales 2,536,700 100 3,892,200 153 5,526,300 218 Northern Ireland 54,262 100 63,860 118 66,228 122 Scotland 346,680 100 481,230 139 543,013 157 USA6 12,249,500 100 13,508,700 110 14,141,000 115 1 More serious offences. In many countries defined as against the "penal code" or "criminal code" and excludes less serious crimes—misdemeanours. The range of offences covered differ between each country and some countries acknowledge double counting in the collection of such statistics. Comparisons based upon absolute figures are therefore misleading. For certain countries, it is additionally known that in the period 1979–87, improvements in data quality and changes in the penal code have affected these statistics. 2 No information available for Iceland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland. 3 Data for financial years 1979 = 1979–80 etc. 4 1992 figures. 5 Includes East Germany in 1993. 6 FBI uniform crime index covering murder and non-negligent manslaughter, manslaughter by negligence, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny—theft of motor vehicles, theft and arson, but excludes offences such as drug, which are included in other countries' figures.