Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of the theft of lead from church roofs were reported in each of the past five years; what was the weight of the lead stolen in each of those years; and how many successful prosecutions for such theft there were in each of those years.

The Home Office collects data on police recorded metal thefts, but it is not possible from these data to identify whether the metal was taken from a church, nor the weight of the stolen metal

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes police recorded crime data on metal theft annually within their property crime tables. The latest figures, for the year ending March 2017, can be accessed here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables

Prosecutions data are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).