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Mr. Elystan Morgan
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what, is the total number of official forms which have been translated into Welsh by the present Government under the provisions of the Welsh Language Act, 1967.
Mr. Peter Thomas
The number of official forms available in Welsh or bilingual version in June, 1970, was 246. The total is now 318.
| 1970 | 1971 | Indictable offences known to the police: | ||||||||
| Indictable offences | Indictable offences | |||||||||
| known to the police | Cleared up | known to Percentage | Cleared up | Percentage variation 1971–70 | ||||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |||||||
| Violence against the person | … | … | 41,088 | 33,764 | 82·2 | 47,036 | 38,412 | 81·7 | +14·5 | |
| Sexual offences | … | 24,163 | 18,418 | 76·2 | 23,622 | 18,067 | 76·5 | -2·2 | ||
| Burglary and robbery | 437,748 | 158,515 | 36·2 | 459,002 | 168,366 | 36·7 | +4·9 | |||
| Theft and unauthorised taking | … | … | 914,723 | 370,350 | 40·5 | 962,991 | 390,501 | 40·6 | +5·3 | |
| Handling stolen goods | 37,943 | 37,902 | 99·9 | 40,653 | 40,397 | 99·4 | +7·1 | |||
| Fraud | … | … | … | 74,562 | 62,151 | 83·4 | 84,164 | 70,214 | 83·4 | +12·9 |
| Other offences | … | 25,768 | 19,508 | 75·7 | 28,613 | 21,518 | 75·2 | +11·0 | ||
| Total | … | … | 1,555,995 | 700,608 | 45·0 | 1,646,081 | 747,475 | 45·4 | +5·8* | |
| * The increase of 5·8 per cent. in offences known to the police in 1971 over 1970 compares with an increase of 4·5 per cent. in offences known to the police in 1970 over 1969. | ||||||||||