§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the change in the number of burglaries in Greater London since the introduction of Operation Bumble Bee. [40458]
§ Mr. MacleanOperation Bumble Bee was launched, on 1 June 1993, as a Metropolitan police initiative against burglary. Comparison of the 12-month rolling recorded burglary figures, incorporating both residential and non-residential burglary offences, for the Metropolitan police district for the years to May 1993 and to August 1996 are as in the following table:
Offences June 1992 to May 1993 189,514 July 1995 to June 1996 165,566 Variation -23,948 Percentage change -13