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Mr. Maxton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a regional breakdown of the increase in (a) violent crimes and (b) all crimes between 1979 and 1989 in percentage terms and also the percentage clear-up rates.
Mr. John Patten
The readily available regional information is published in table 8.1 of "Regional Trends 25", which shows the figures for 1981 and 1988. A copy of this publication is available in the Library.