§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of racial assault and racial harrassment were reported to each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; and how many prosecutions and how many convictions resulted.
§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation is not available before 1988. The figures since then are set out in the table. Figures for 1992 are not yet available. Figures on prosecutions and convictions are not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
All forces respond to racial attacks as a priority, and their responses are systematically monitored by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. The increase in reports to the police might indicate an increase in the confidence of victims in the ability and willingness of the police to help.
Racial incidents Community relations indicators: reported racial incidents Forces 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 57 71 83 148 Bedfordshire 21 25 33 0 Cambridge 52 60 71 107 Cheshire 0 0 0 3 City of London 4 0 0 0 Cleveland 29 55 57 68 Cumbria 0 4 1 9 Derbyshire 17 20 53 143 Devon and Cornwall 2 3 6 9
Persons fined for all offences in the Metropolitan police district1 in the last six months of 1991, by type of court and month Number of persons Type of court July August September October November December Total Magistrates' courts 15,705 14,120 14,933 16,031 14,575 11,754 87,118 Crown Court 212 175 176 157 130 100 950 All courts 15,917 14,295 15,109 16,188 14,705 11,854 88,068 1Including City of London.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued in the Metropolitan police district in each of the first six months of 1992; and how many were paid and how many were unpaid.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe numbers of fixed penalty notices issues in the first six months of 1992 were as follows:
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Forces 1988 1989 1990 1991 Dorset 6 12 3 9 Durham 43 23 41 70 Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0 Essex 2 26 43 59 Gloucestershire 17 20 51 25 Greater Manchester 28 40 123 204 Gwent 1 4 5 12 Hampshire 45 1— 42 141 Hertfordshire 49 49 51 0 Humberside 49 52 67 81 Kent 88 81 88 120 Lancashire 75 93 201 119 Leicestershire 84 190 287 369 Lincolnshire 1 2 2 4 Merseyside 136 123 144 162 Norfolk 8 22 23 45 North Wales 3 1 0 3 North Yorkshire 5 6 12 20 Northamptonshire 0 72 66 60 Northumbria 242 217 289 376 Nottinghamshire 4 27 135 221 South Wales 86 94 308 385 South Yorkshire 0 52 117 124 Staffordshire 15 44 101 158 Suffolk 46 62 74 75 Surrey 13 7 7 50 Sussex 15 141 92 98 Thames Valley 94 128 171 201 Warwickshire 27 21 44 32 West Mercia 0 6 13 3 West Midlands 382 169 268 445 West Yorkshire 386 306 254 322 Wiltshire 37 19 25 29 Metropolitan 2,214 2,697 2,908 3,373 Total 4,383 5,044 6,359 7,882 1Not known.