§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of reported or recorded racial attacks in the latest year available; what are the rates of prosecution and conviction; in what number of cases racial motivation has been raised by the Crown prosecution service during court proceedings; out of the total number of cases of assault involving racial motivation, how many defendants were juveniles; and how many defendants in cases recorded as involving racial motivation were granted bail, and of these, how many were defendants in cases of murder.
§ Mr. JackThe only information held centrally relates to the number of reported racial incidents and I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Ms Ruddock) on 23 March at column529.