§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 15 March, Official Report, column 15, concering crimes of violence, for which parts of the question the information necessary for an answer is available.
§ Mr. WhitelawI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that information by police district is maintained for the recorded number of offences of violence as defined by the Metropolitan Police and, where known, the victim's assessment of the ethnic appearance of the assailant is recorded. Information on the ethnic appearance of those arrested—but not summoned—for offences of violence is recorded, but analyses of those subsequently convicted could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Questions on population are a matter for the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.