HC Deb 07 February 1996 vol 271 c182W
Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons were stopped and searched by police forces in England and Wales during(a) 1989 and (b) 1994 and were subsequently (i) arrested, (ii) cautioned and (iii) charged, broken down by ethnic background; [13464]

(2) how many persons who were stopped and searched since 1989 by police forces in England and Wales and subsequently charged, were convicted, breaking down the figures by ethnicity and gender; [13454]

(3) how many of those persons who were stopped and searched since 1989 by the Metropolitan police in England and Wales and subsequently charged, were convicted, breaking down the figures by ethnicity and gender; [13455]

(4) how many persons were stopped and searched by the Metropolitan police in England and Wales during (a) 1989 and (b) 1994, and were subsequently (i) arrested, (ii) cautioned and (iii) charged, broken down by ethnic background. [13463]

Mr. Maclean

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to her question on 5 December 1995Official Report, column 212.

Details of the ethnic group of those stopped and searched during 1994–95 will be available shortly.