§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) charged and (b) convicted of racially motivated crimes in each of the past five years (i) in England and (ii) in Wales. [121726]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeNo information is collected centrally on the number of persons charged or on the number convicted of a racially motivated offence.
Information is available on those cautioned or convicted of any offence identified as racially aggravated by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The statistics currently available cover the period October 1998 to September 1999 (December 1999 for the Crown court) in England and Wales. These show that 326 persons were cautioned by the police, 486 persons convicted at magistrates courts and 84 at the Crown court.