§ Mr. WoodwardTo risk the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of race hate crimes there hive been in(a) St. Helens and (b) England and Wales, broken down by region in each year since 1997; and what percentage (i) were brought to court and (ii) resulted in a successful prosecution in each case. [186901]
§ Ms BlearsThe available information relates to the number of racist incidents in each police force area in England and Wales from 1996–97 to 2002–03. This information is contained in Table 3.1 of the Section 95 publication "Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System—2003", a copy of which is available in the Library and also on the Home Office website. Table 3.2 of the same publication gives the number of racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police by 1265W police force area for 2001–02 and 2002–03. Figures for earlier years are available in earlier versions of the Section 95 publication and on the website. Information on racist incidents is not available centrally for St. Helens.
Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for racially aggravated offences—England and Wales 1997 to 20021 1997 19982 1999 Court/region Proceeded against found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Magistrates court St. Helens3 4— 4— — — 9 3 Region East 4— 4— 2 — 230 89 East Midlands 4— 4— 4 1 352 123 London 4— 4— 44 14 1,523 431 North East 4— 4— 1 1 109 34 North West 4— 4— 15 3 451 161 south East 4— 4— 2 1 248 87 South West 4— 4— 1 — 153 54 West Midlands 4— 4— 4 2 248 74 Yorkshire and the Humber 4— 4— 2 1 229 76 Welsh 4— 4— 8 4 272 95 England and Wales 4— 4— 83 27 3,815 1,224
2000 2001 2002 Court/region Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Proceeded against Found guilty Magistrates court St. Helens3 16 3 9 3 7 3 Region East 408 153 567 170 542 200 East Midlands 621 289 621 307 692 297 London 2,073 686 1,657 557 1,684 611 North East 196 78 325 137 419 167 North West 919 354 1,424 532 1,323 527 south East 558 225 602 261 603 260 South West 402 137 454 170 442 195 West Midlands 954 356 1,444 504 1,392 527 Yorkshire and the Humber 456 168 654 237 633 269 Welsh 470 170 540 207 424 187 England and Wales 7,057 2,616 8,288 3,082 8,154 3,243 1 These data are on the all offence basis. 2 The Crime and Disorder Act 1988 introduced a series of new racially aggravated offences from 30 September 1988. 3 Found guilty includes those offenders found guilty at St. Helens magistrates court and the Crown Court where St. Helens was the committing court. 4 Not applicable.