Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Monday, 23 October 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 October 2000. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Tuesday, 31 October 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportions of victims of racially-motivated crimes in each of the past three years have been (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) white. - Including figures and fact that the information requested is not available.

Answer: Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportions of victims of racially- motivated crimes in each of the past three years have been (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) white. [135001] Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is not available. Information on racist incidents is collected annually from all police force areas by HMIC. However, the ethnicity of the victim is not collected. The British Crime Survey collects information about racially motivated crimes and the ethnicity of victims. The last available figures are for the year 1995. The survey estimates that there were in total about 382,000 racially motivated crimes in 1995. 238,000 of these incidents were against white people (62 per cent. of the total); 42,000 against black people (11 per cent); 41,000 against Indians (11 per cent) and 60,000 against Pakistanis or Bangladeshis (16 per cent).

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