§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were (a) arrested, and (b) proceeded against for being suspected of frequenting a public place with intent to commit an arrestable offence, by Merseyside police division, and ethnic appearance, in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BrittanThe only information readily available is that there were 489 persons arrested who were proceeded against in 1977 in the Merseyside police force area whose principal offence was frequenting a public place with intent to commit an arrestable offence.