asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of entries in the stolen and suspect vehicles index of the police national computer; what is the reason for any general sub-grouping of entries to be found in the index; and how many entries there are in each sub-group in the index.
On 27 February 1983 there were 297,908 entries in the stolen and suspect vehicles index. Sub-groupings of entries exist to assist police in defining the reasons for entries and to ensure that they are removed after an appropriate interval unless positive steps are taken by police to secure retention.The number of entries in each sub-group was as follows:
| Numbers | |
| Lost or stolen | 194,781 |
| Obtained by deception | 498 |
| Found or apparently abandoned | 25,534 |
| Repossessed by a finance company | 92 |
| Removed into police custody | 11,351 |
| Removed by police from one street to another | 171 |
| Owned or used by police | 8,666 |
| Details not to be passed over open radio channels (e.g. police vehicles used in observation duties) | 4,097 |
| Of long term interest to police (e.g. owned by known criminals or missing persons) | 41,077 |
| Suspected of being involved in a crime or other incident | 2,296 |
| Seen or checked in noteworthy circumstances (e.g. at night in an area where a series of crimes is under investigation) | 9,345 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of entries in the wanted and missing persons' index of the police national computer; what is the reason for any general sub-grouping of entries to be found in the index; and how many entries there are in each sub-group in the index.
On 16 January 1983 there were 115,614 entries in the wanted and missing persons' index. Sub-groupings exist to assist police in defining the reasons for entries and to ensure that they are removed after an appropriate interval unless positive steps are taken by police to secure retention.The number of entries in each sub-group was as follows:
| Numbers | |
| Wanted for specific offences where there is sufficient evidence to charge the subject, for non-payment of fines, of failure to appear in court to answer charges, or legally prohibited from entering the United Kingdom. | 56,730 |
| Suspected of a specific offence where there is insufficient evidence to charge immediately. | 3,724 |
| Sought for desertion from the armed forces or for absconding from penal or other institutions, or recalled to penal institutions. | 13,090 |
| Missing and may be vulnerable to harm or believed to be in the company of such a missing person. | 1,983 |
| Sought, or whose whereabouts need to be established, by police in relation to unresolved enquiries. | 38,024 |
| Released on licence from a sentence of life imprisonment. | 1,175 |
| Found, and unable by age, illness or other circumstances to establish their identity (and bodies not yet formally identified). | 173 |
| To be notified to the entering force if held in custody elsewhere; subject to an impending prosecution and already on file in the index. | 715 |
One person may attract more than one entry on the index; the total number of persons recorded was 107,460.