asked he Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report a detailed statement giving for the longest and most convenient stated period of time the number of robbings of the person with violence, known as "muggings", in the London borough of Newham how many of these victims were admitted to hospital and died; and to what extent those concerned have been apprehended and charged with these offences and with what results.

"Mugging" is a term with no legal definition. The legally defined offences of robbery and assault with intent to rob recorded as known to the police as having occurred in the London borough of Newham are shown in the following table:

OFFENCES OF ROBBERY AND ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB, RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE
LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM
Year	No. of Offences
1968	69
1969	78
1970	100
1971	118
1972	132
1973	108
1974	100
1975	158

Comparable statistics are not available before 1968. The figures given include robberies of personal property following sudden attack in the open; they also include other types of robbery. Some offences classified in the Criminal Statistics as "theft from the person of another" may involve some degree of violence; such offences are not included in the table.I regret that information about the number of victims admitted to hospital and the numbers, if any, who died is not readily available.