§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) black and (b) white persons were, respectively, stopped and searched and later detained under (i) the drugs laws and (ii) the laws relating to being a suspected person, and so on, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Brittan[pursuant to his reply, 15 February 1980, c. 852]: Information con-
PERSONS ARRESTED* FOR BEING SUSPECTED OF FREQUENTING A PUBLIC PLACE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AN ARRESTABLE OFFENCE BY ETHNIC APPEARANCE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT Number of offences Year White-skinned European Dark-skinned European Black-skinned (including West Indian/African) Indian/Pakistani Chinese/Japanese Arabian Egyptian Not Know Total 1975 1,258 66 947 39 4 27 1 2,342 1976 1,098 60 887 37 4 24 2 2,112 1977 1,197 48 1,042 45 5 27 2 2,366 1978 1,199 73 1,016 30 2 11 0 2,331 1979 1,018 63 767 30 3 10 3 1,894 * 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.