HC Deb 04 February 1999 vol 324 c761W
Mr. Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of convictions expressed as a proportion of the total number of recorded crimes in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [68608]

Mr. Boateng

The available information is given in the table:

Offenders convicted for indictable offences1 as a proportion of the

total number of notifiable offences recorded by the police2,

England and Wales, 1993–97
Year Percentages
1993 5.8
1994 6.2
1995 6.2
1996 6.2
1997 7.2
1 Indictable offences including those triable-either-way.
2 Excluding other criminal damage of value £20 and under. Includes estimates for criminal damage over £20 for Merseyside and Metropolitan Police.