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Mr. Campbell-Savours
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the increase in the number of crimes in Cumbria since 1979.
Mr. Mellor
Since 1979 recorded crime in Cumbria has increased by 55 per cent. compared with 51 per cent. in England and Wales as a whole.