§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the oral answer given on 28 June by the Minister of State to the supplementary question by the hon. Member for Goole, any request has been received from the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for assistance; and what he regards as a reasonable time for the completion of their current reviews.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have received no requests for assistance from either the
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PERSONS ARRESTED* FOR BEING SUSPECTED OF FREQJENTING A PUBLIC PLACE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AN ARRESTABLE OFFENCE BY DISTRICT AND ETHNIC APPEARANCE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT: FIRST QUARTER 1979 Number of offences Ethnic appearance District White skinned European Dark skinned European Black skinned (including West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian/Egyptian Not known Total A … … 30 0 20 0 0 1 0 51 B … … 20 0 19 0 0 0 0 39 C … … 31 12 30 2 0 0 0 75 D … … 22 1 23 0 0 0 0 46 E … … 19 1 13 0 0 0 0 33 F … … 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 G … … 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 16 H … … 12 0 3 1 0 0 1 17 I … … 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 J … … 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 K … … 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 L … … 12 0 48 0 0 0 0 60 M … 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 15 N … … 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 P … … 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 17 Q … … 17 0 8 0 0 0 1 26 R … … 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 S … … 5 0 11 0 0 0 0 16 T … … 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 V … … 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 W … 9 0 19 0 0 0 0 28 X … … 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Y … … 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 Z … … 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 TA … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MPD … 282 16 226 6 0 2 2 534 * Persons proceeded against by means of a charge, referral to a juvenile bureau, a caution or in some other way: arrests not followed by any action are not included. Welsh or the English Parliamentary Boundary Commissions. I understand that the commissions are likely to have completed their reviews by mid-1982. I regard this as an entirely satisfactory period within which to complete the substantial tasks before them.