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Mr. Moonman
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of rape have been reported, how many convictions have been obtained, how many offenders have escaped whilst awaiting trial, and how many of these have been at large since December 1976 to the latest available date compared, in actual figures and percentages, with 1975, 1974 and 1973.
Mr. John
The available information is as follows:
| OFFENCES OF RAPE RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE | |||||
| THE POLICE | |||||
| ENGLAND AND WALES | |||||
| Year of Recording | Number of offences | ||||
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 998 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 1,052 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 1,040 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | 1,094 |
| PERSONS CONVICTED OF THE OFFENCE OF RAPE ENGLAND AND WALES | |||||
| Year of conviction | Number of persons found guilty | ||||
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 331 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 343 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 336 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | not yet available |