§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has undertaken on the relative levels of crime in European Union countries; and if he will make a statement. [70322]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation is published annually in Criminal statistics, England and Wales on the levels of crime recorded by the police in most European Union countries. In addition, we have participated in all three sweeps of the International Crime Victimisation Survey, which provided comparative data on crime levels for most European Union countries. The latest results relating to victim's experience of crime in 1995 were published in Home Office Research Findings No 57.
Copies of both publications are in the Library.