§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime clear-up rate was(a) in each police force area and (b) in total in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [152372]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information, which has been published in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1999", is given in the table. It should be noted that the basis for the collection of clear-ups changed on 1 April 1999, and consequently no direct comparison should be made between these figures and those for previous years. The major changes were in respect of offences "taken into consideration", with only those offences of which the police were previously aware now being counted, and clear-ups resulting from admissions of prisoners serving a sentence for another offence no longer being counted.
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Recorded crime: clear-up rate by police force area England and Wales—year ending March 2000 Police force area Percentages Avon and Somerset 22 Bedfordshire 25 Cambridgeshire 25 Cheshire 31 Cleveland 22 Cumbria 39
Recorded crime: clear-up rate by police force area England and Wales— ending March 2000 Police force area Percentages Derbyshire 28 Devon and Cornwall 35 Dorset 26 Durham 32 Essex 30 Gloucestershire 31 Greater Manchester 23 Hampshire 32 Hertfordshire 27 Humberside 19 Kent 33 Lancashire 29 Leicestershire 30 Lincolnshire 28 London, City of 32 Merseyside 26 Metropolitan Police 16 Norfolk 30 Northamptonshire 33 Northumbria 31 North Yorkshire 31 Nottinghamshire 21 South Yorkshire 25 Staffordshire 22 Suffolk 36 Surrey 32 Sussex 25 Thames Valley 20 Warwickshire 22 West Mercia 29 West Midlands 27 West Yorkshire 25 Wiltshire 33 Dyfed-Powys 65 Gwent 53 North Wales 36 South Wales 31 England and Wales 25