HC Deb 28 April 1999 vol 330 c162W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many racially-motivated assaults have been recorded in each of the last three years at(a) Tooting and (b) Wandsworth police stations. [81890]

Kate Hoey

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that Wandsworth and Tooting police stations are part of Wandsworth Division and it is not possible to break down the figures below divisional level. He has provided the following information:

Financial year Racial assaults
1997–98 30
1998–99 66
It is not possible to provide figures for the financial year 1996–97 as the Metropolitan police's system did not then separate racial assaults from all other assaults.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of incitement to racial hatred were(a) reported, (b) investigated and (c) the subject of arrest, in (i) Tooting and (ii) Wandsworth police stations in the last three years. [81888]

Kate Hoey

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that Wandsworth and Tooting police stations are part of Wandsworth Division and it is not possible to break down the figures below divisional level. He has provided the following information for incidents reported under section 19 of the Public Order Act 1986 in Wandsworth Division:

Financial year Reported Investigated Arrested
1996–97 1 1 1
1997–98 4 4 0
1998–99 2 2 0