HC Deb 25 June 1979 vol 969 cc58-9W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of persons arrested and proceeded against for being suspected of frequenting a public place with intent to commit an arrestable offence, by Metropolitan Police division and ethnic appearance, for the last quarter of 1978 and the first quarter of the current year.

Mr. Brittan

The information relating to the fourth quarter of 1978 is given in the following table; that for the first quarter of 1979 is not yet available and I shall publish it in theOfficial Report as soon as possible.

his estimate of the number of Iranian refugees who came to the United Kingdom prior to the Iranian revolution and who have not returned to Iran.

Mr. Raison

Records are not maintained in a way which would enable such an estimate to be given.

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