Press release

Home Office response to findings from the British Crime Survey

Responding to the publication 'Experimental statistics on victimisation of children aged 10 to 15: Findings from the British Crime Survey (BCS).

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Lord Herbert of South Downs CBE PC
• Published: 17 June 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Statement from the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice

Nick Herbert said, 바카라 사이트˜These new figures reinforce our longstanding belief that to date, crime measures have offered either a partial or confused picture about the level of offending.

바카라 사이트˜However you look at these statistics, they reveal what people know only too well - that crime affecting young people is a serious problem which must be tackled.

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바카라 사이트˜The public must have full and trusted information if we are to restore confidence in the statistics and drive effective action to tackle crime.  We are currently considering how crime statistics should be collected and published in future, and will work with the UK Statistics Authority to consider this carefully.바카라 사이트™

Published 17 June 2010