§ Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of serious assaults reported to the police in England and Wales in 1998 resulted in charges being laid against the alleged perpetrators. [72022]
§ Mr. BoatengThese data are not collected centrally. For 1997 the proportion of all crimes of violence against the person, recorded by the police in England and Wales, which was cleared up by a charge or summons was 39 per cent.