§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons to date have been 3W charged with offences following the recent riots in Manchester; whether further arrests are anticipated; and to date what has been the maximum penalty imposed on any convicted person.
§ Mr. WhitelawTwo hundred and twenty-seven by July; yes; six months' imprisonment.
§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons to date have been charged with offences following the riots in various parts of London on the nights of 9 and 10 July; whether further arrests are anticipated; and to date what has been the maximum penalty imposed on any convicted person.
§ Mr. WhitelawFour hundred and sixty-one by 16 July; inquiries which might lead to further arrests continue; 28 days' imprisonment.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give an actual or estimated breakdown of the total costs to public funds of the damage to property and life and the compensation for same as a result of the riots at Bristol, Brixton, Fulham, Finsbury Park, Forest Gate, Wood Green, Toxteth, Moss Side and Manchester, Woolwich and Lewisham and any other such disturbance or happening since January 1981.
§ Mr. WhitelawInformation will not be available for some time.