§ Mr. Sumbergasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested by the police on the picket lines in connection with the current mining dispute to the latest available date; how many of those arrested were employed by the National Coal Board; and, of those arrested who were not so employed, what are their occupations.
§ Mr. HurdThe most recent information available centrally about the occupations of people arrested in England and Wales in connection with the miners' dispute relates to the period 14 March to 12 June and is as follows:
Occupation of person arrested Number of arrests Miner 2,906 Retired miner 1 Member of Parliament 1 Transport worker 3 Student 35 Health worker 2 Manual worker 31 Non-manual worker 7 Housewife 5 Unemployed 21 Retired (non-miner) 1 Not known/not given 143 Total 3,156
§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which sub-category of the stolen and suspect vehicle index of the police national computer the registration numbers of vehicles belonging to miners involved in the current dispute have been placed.
§ Mr. HurdFrom inquiries made of chief officers of police in the areas concerned, I understand that the registration numbers of some vehicles used by pickets in the current dispute have been entered in the stolen and suspect vehicles index under the category of vehicles seen or checked in noteworthy circumstances. This category is regularly weeded of records entered 14 days or more previously, unless there has been a further recorded sighting of the vehicle.