HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 c341W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to bringing forward proposals for a rolling register whereby names can be added to the list of voters throughout the year; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The introduction of a "rolling" electoral register is one of the matters being discussed in the post-election review. The five working groups set up as part of the review are expected to report their findings in

Recorded racial incidents in the Metropolitan police area
Ethnic grouping
Year White European Dark-skinned European Black/Afro-Caribbean Asian Oriental Arabic/Egyptian Origin unknown/Other Total
1988 270 54 532 1,348 32 15 25 2,276
1989 384 86 558 1,616 35 25 43 2,747
1990 439 104 649 1,661 46 36 27 2,962
1991 610 114 686 1,893 36 47 2 3,388
1992 654 130 796 1,860 58 42 134 3,674

Note.—These figures do not agree with the table for classified racial incidents as in certain cases there is more than one victim per incident.

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