HL Deb 19 January 1998 vol 584 c212WA
Lord Dholakia

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What arrangements will be made for ethnic monitoring of the new orders proposed in the consultation paper Tackling Youth Crime (September 1997). [HL30]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

Ethnic monitoring of the new criminal disposals proposed in the consultation paper will be included as part of the new system of ethnic monitoring being developed for the criminal courts. A description of this system was included in the Home Office publicationRace and the Criminal Justice System published in December 1997.