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Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to bringing forward proposals for a rolling register whereby names can be added to the list of voters throughout the year; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
The introduction of a "rolling" electoral register is one of the matters being discussed in the post-election review. The five working groups set up as part of the review are expected to report their findings in
Recorded racial incidents in the Metropolitan police area | ||||||||
Ethnic grouping | ||||||||
Year | White European | Dark-skinned European | Black/Afro-Caribbean | Asian | Oriental | Arabic/Egyptian | Origin unknown/Other | Total |
1988 | 270 | 54 | 532 | 1,348 | 32 | 15 | 25 | 2,276 |
1989 | 384 | 86 | 558 | 1,616 | 35 | 25 | 43 | 2,747 |
1990 | 439 | 104 | 649 | 1,661 | 46 | 36 | 27 | 2,962 |
1991 | 610 | 114 | 686 | 1,893 | 36 | 47 | 2 | 3,388 |
1992 | 654 | 130 | 796 | 1,860 | 58 | 42 | 134 | 3,674 |
Note.—These figures do not agree with the table for classified racial incidents as in certain cases there is more than one victim per incident.