§ Mr. CoxTo 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 HoeyThe 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:
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.
Financial year Racial assaults 1997–98 30 1998–99 66
§ Mr. CoxTo 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 HoeyThe 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