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Mr. Nicholls
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take in the light of the suggestion by the Court of Appeal in a recent judgment that it should be given wider powers to order a retrial.
| Offences recorded by the police 1983 to 1985 | ||||
| Police force area | Number of offences recorded in the years 1983. 1984 and 1985 | Offences per 100,000 population per year | ||
| Homicide (excluding attempts) | Rape (including attempts) | Homicide (excluding attempts) | Rape (including attempts) | |
| Avon and Somerest | 38 | 103 | 0·9 | 2·5 |
| Bedfordshire | 22 | 67 | 1·4 | 4·4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 13 | 68 | 0·7 | 3·8 |
| Cheshire | 24 | 28 | 0·9 | 1·0 |
| Cleveland | 19 | 44 | 1·1 | 2·6 |
| Cumbria | 8 | 29 | 0·6 | 2·0 |
| Derbyshire | 23 | 60 | 0·8 | 2·2 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 41 | 75 | 1·0 | 1·8 |
| Dorset | 16 | 42 | 0·9 | 2·3 |
| Durham | 18 | 51 | 1·0 | 2·8 |
| Essex | 42 | 103 | 1·0 | 2·4 |
| Gloucestershire | 11 | 42 | 0·7 | 2·8 |
| Greater Manchester | 88 | 201 | 1·1 | 2·6 |
| Hampshire | 32 | 160 | 0·7 | 3·3 |
| Hertfordshire | 17 | 48 | 0·7 | 1·9 |
| Humberside | 23 | 104 | 0·9 | 4·1 |
| Kent | 52 | 78 | 1·2 | 1·7 |
| Lancashire | 48 | 57 | 1·2 | 1·4 |
| Leicestershire | 19 | 37 | 0·7 | 1·4 |
| Lincolnshire | 9 | 39 | 0·5 | 2·3 |
| Merseyside | 40 | 138 | 0·9 | 3·1 |
| Metropolitan Police District and City of London | 501 | 1,254 | 2·3 | 5·8 |
| Norfolk | 16 | 47 | 0·8 | 2·2 |
| Northamptonshire | 22 | 43 | 1·4 | 2·7 |
| Northumbria | 62 | 130 | 1·4 | 3·0 |
| North Yorkshire | 11 | 35 | 0·5 | 1·7 |
| Nottinghamshire | 33 | 80 | 1·1 | 2·7 |
| South Yorkshire | 46 | 131 | 1·2 | 3·3 |
| Staffordshire | 17 | 57 | 0·6 | 1·9 |
Mr. Hurd
I have issued to interested organisations in the legal field a consultative paper seeking views on this issue by 17 April. A copy has been placed in the Library and further copies may be obtained from the Home Office.