§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of police forces operate ethnic monitoring procedures in respect of cautioning; and if he will list those police forces.
§ Mr. Charles WardleForces are not required to collect data on the ethnic origin of those cautioned. We understand that around one third of police forces in England and Wales do so. The forces are:
Bedfordshire Leicestershire Cleveland Northamptonshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Devon and Cornwall South Yorkshire Durham Staffordshire Gloucestershire Surrey Gwent West Mercia Hampshire West Yorkshire Kent