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Written question asked by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 December 2017. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 December 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.


Lead: Theft

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of lead theft from churches were reported in (a) Suffolk and (b) England in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes police recorded crime data on metal theft annually within their property crime tables. The latest figures, for the year ending March 2017, can be accessed here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118255
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Churches Lead Theft
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk