asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements are made to ensure Hong Kong civil servants are informed of and experienced in the policies and programmes of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
There is close and frequent contact between my officials and those of the Hong Kong Government, who are fully aware of our policies and programmes. A number of British civil servants are serving on secondment in Hong Kong and we are pursuing the question of interchange.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give figures to illustrate the change in juvenile crime figures over the last four years in Hong Kong.
The figures for criminal cases involving juveniles—aged 7·15 years —are as follows:
| 1974 | … | … | 1,745 |
| 1975 | … | … | 1,433 |
| 1976 | … | … | 1,567 |
| 1977 | … | … | 1,685 |
| 1978 (Jan.-Sept.) | … | … | 1,240 |
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish figures to illustrate the change in the volume of crime and in detection rates since 1974 in Hong Kong, giving separate figures for the change in violent crime.
Total reported crime—less blackmail and associated thefts—since 1974 and the corresponding detection rates are:
| Crime | Detection Rates | |||
| 1974 | … | … | 52,981 | 43·5 |
| 1975 | … | … | 52,050 | 45·8 |
| 1976 | … | … | 52,812 | 53·1 |
| 1977 | … | … | 51,610 | 57·0 |
| 1978* | … | … | 39,248 | 54·8 |
| * To end of September· | ||||
| Violent Crime | DetectionRates | |||
| 1974 | … | … | 18,838 | 26·6 |
| 1975 | … | … | 18,423 | 30·3 |
| 1976 | … | … | 16,436 | 35·8 |
| 1977 | … | … | 14,731 | 41·7 |
| 1978* | … | … | 10,995 | 44·8 |
| * To end of September | ||||