§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for ihe Home Department for the latest year available, how many people were remanded in the west midlands area; and how many were(a) black males and (b) black females.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 15 February 1994]: Reliable information on the total numbers of defendants remanded in the west midlands is not available centrally. Neither is any regular information collected regularly on the ethnic origin of those proceeded against in court. Some information on the ethnic origin of those remanded in custody in the west midlands was given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Fareham (Mr. Lloyd) in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Coventry, North-East (Mr. Ainsworth) on 25 January at columns 155–56.