§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions during the last two years the special patrol group has been operating in 4W Wandsworth; on what dates; what was the evidence which prompted each request for their help; what were the results of each operation; how many arrests were made on each occasion; how may convictions resulted; and if he will give a breakdown of each figure for white and black persons, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitelawOne unit of the special patrol group was deployed on 2 and 8 August 1980 to assist in tracing witnesses to a murder on Clapham Common; on 12 December 1980 to search premises in connection with an attempted murder; on 16 January 1981 to prevent a fight between members of two youth clubs; on 19 February 1981 to prevent damage to property by a crowd; and on 28 March 1981 to assist in a search for stolen motor cycles and drugs. No arrests followed. A unit was also deployed intermittently from 3–28 February 1981 to assist in combatting a high level of burglary, street crime and vandalism. As a result, 11 white and six black people were arrested, 13 of whom were subsequently charged. Four cases have been dealt with by the courts and three black people have been convicted.