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Written question asked by Lord Alderdice (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 July 2019. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Lead: Theft

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions for theft of lead from churches in England have been recorded in each of the last five years.

Answer

To identify whether theft convictions were specifically related to theft of lead from churches in England would require manual searching of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL16860
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Convictions Churches Lead Theft
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk