HC Deb 07 October 2003 vol 411 c222W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many racial assaults there were in each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years, broken down by ethnic group; [128291]

(2) how many racial assaults, broken down by ethnic group, have occurred in each of Northern Ireland's parliamentary constituencies in each of the last three years. [131523]

Jane Kennedy

The following table details the total number of racially motivated assaults recorded in each of the last three years in Northern Ireland. Current recording methods do not break these figures down by parliamentary constituency or ethnic group.

Year Number of physical assaults
April 2000 to March 2001 58
April 2001 to March 2002 39
April 2002 to March 2003 50

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