asked the Home Secretary the number of shop windows which have been slashed in the Metropolitan Police area during the past 12 months; the total cost of the damage done; the number of arrests made; and the number of convictions obtained?

The number of cases reported to the Metropolitan Police was 2,123. The damage amounted to £1,380 15s. 6d. Eleven arrests have been made. Of these, six resulted in conviction, three persons were found to be mentally deficient, and two were discharged. In one other case the offender was a boy of 13 and the owner declined to prosecute.