§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been made of racially aggravated offences under Part II of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. [11368]
§ Mr. DenhamInformation for 1998 and 1999 was taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database showing the number of persons proceeded against for racially aggravated offences under Part II of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Data for 2000 will be available later this year.
Persons proceeded against for racially aggravated offences under-Part 11 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998—England and Wales Proceeded against Offence description 19981 1999 Racially aggravated Wounding inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm 2 58 Racially Aggravated Actual Bodily Harm 3 299 Racially Aggravated Common Assault 6 367 Racially Aggravated Criminal Damage 9 261 Racially Aggravated Intentional Harassment, Alarm or Distress 3 430 Racially Aggravated Offence of Harassment 3 113 Racially Aggravated—Harassment; putting people in fear of violence 2 63 Racially Aggravated fear or provocation of violence 5 317 Total 33 1,908 1 Act came into effect in the last quarter of 1998