§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions(a) under the race relations provisions of the Public Order Act 1986 and (b) under the Malicious Communications Act there have been since their passing.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is given in the table. The 1989 data will not be available until the autumn.
Number of prosecutions under section 18 of the Public Order Act 1986 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988 England and Wales Act 1987 1988 Public Order Act 19861 Section 18 6 22 Malicious Communications Act 19882 n/a 3 222W
Persons indicted1 for homicide where one or more of the victims was aged under 16 years of age, by outcome of proceedings Number of persons Convicted of homicide Year Indicted for homicide Murder Sec. 2 manslaughter Other manslaughter Infanticide England and Wales 1982 68 18 22 19 6 1983 72 16 11 28 10 1984 64 8 13 29 2 1985 79 22 9 26 8 1986 60 18 7 18 3 1987 77 20 11 36 1 21988 58 12 6 28 6 Essex police force area 1982 1 1 — — — 1983 2 — 1 1 — 1984 1 — — 1 — 1985 2 1 — 1 — 1986 2 — — 1 — 1 Came into force on 1 January 1987.
2 Came into force on 29 September 1988.
n/a = Not available.