HC Deb 21 July 1978 vol 954 cc434-7W
Mr. Arnold Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people being suspected of an arrestable offence under section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, were arrested in each division within the Metropolitan Police area in 1976, 1977 and the first six months of 1978; and if these figures can be broken down by ethnic appearance.

PERSONS ARRESTED FOR BEING SUSPECTED OF FREQUENTING A PUBLIC PLACE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AN
ARRESTABLE OFFENCE: BY DIVISION AND ETHNIC APPEARANCE
METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT 1977
Number of Persons
Ethnic appearance
Division White Skinned European Dark Skinned European Black Skinned (including West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not known Total
A … … 100 6 42 9 1 4 0 162
B … … 72 3 74 3 0 9 2 163
C … … 195 14 198 8 0 2 0 417
D … … 120 4 193 4 0 5 0 326
E … … 37 1 13 0 0 1 0 52
F … … 56 0 19 2 0 0 0 77
G … … 29 3 49 0 0 0 0 81
H … … 35 0 12 4 0 0 0 51
I … … 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
J … … 37 2 28 0 2 1 0 70
K … … 38 0 10 6 0 0 0 54
L … … 58 5 178 2 1 0 0 244
M … … 46 1 35 0 0 0 0 82
N … … 42 3 6 1 0 0 0 52
P … … 34 1 40 0 0 3 0 78
Q … … 88 0 28 0 0 1 0 117
R … … 20 1 8 2 0 0 0 31
S … … 14 0 2 1 0 1 0 18
T … … 28 0 1 1 1 0 0 31
V … … 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
W … … 30 2 51 0 0 0 0 83
X … … 17 0 4 2 0 0 0 23
Y … … 24 2 23 0 0 0 0 49
Z … … 47 0 28 0 0 0 0 75
TA … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPD Total 1,197 48 1,042 45 5 27 2 2,366

PERSONS ARRESTED FOR BEING SUSPECTED OF FREQUENTING A PUBLIC PLACE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AN

ARRESTABLE OFFENCE: BY DIVISION AND ETHNIC APPEARANCE
METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT:FIRST QUARTER 1978
Number of Persons
Ethnic appearance
Division White Skinned European Dark Skinned European Black Skinned (including West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not known Total
A … … 18 3 8 0 0 0 0 29
B … … 22 3 28 1 0 1 0 55
C … … 48 2 38 0 0 1 0 89
D … … 23 1 32 1 0 0 0 57
E … … 21 2 10 0 0 0 0 33
F … … 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
G … … 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 11
H … … 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
I … … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J … … 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
K … … 19 0 3 3 0 0 0 25
L … … 15 3 34 0 0 0 0 52
M … … 10 0 16 0 0 0 0 26
N … … 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
P … … 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 19
Q … … 21 0 8 1 0 0 0 30
R … … 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 18
S … … 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Such information as is readily available in the form requested is given in the following tables:

Number of Persons
Ethnic appearance
Division White Skinned European Dark Skinned European Black Skinned (including West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not known Total
T … … 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
V … … 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
W … … 14 0 11 0 0 0 0 25
X … … 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 17
Y … … 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 15
Z … … 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 14
TA … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MPD Total 307 18 218 7 0 2 0 552