asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries there have been in the United Kingdom in the past 10 years; and in how many cases the burglar has not been caught.

Figures are not available in quite the form asked for by my hon. and gallant Friend, but the following statement gives the number of burglaries (that is, housebreakings known to have been committed during the night) which became known to the police in England and Wales during each of the ten years 1934 to 1943, together with the number of persons proceeded against in each year.