Written question asked by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences there were and what the rate of incidence per 1,000 population was of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug and other offences in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999, (D) 2000 and (E) 2001; what the rate of detection was of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage, (h) drug and other offences and (i) burglary of a dwelling in (1) St Helens, (2) Merseyside, (3) the North West and (4) England in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999, (D) 2000 and (E) 2001. - Includes figures and tables. (Holding answer 23 July 2002).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 389 c1444-6W;389 c1441-3W; 71276;71277
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Crime Crimes of violence Burglary Fraud Forgery Drugs Merseyside Sexual offences Vandalism North West St Helens
Contains statistics: Yes
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