§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer on football statistics,Official Report, 19 December 1988, columns 55 to 60, he will show in similar tables the average arrests per match by division in conjunction with the average arrest figures for football clubs in the Professional Footballers Association community programme scheme.
§ Mr. Moynihan[holding answer 13 January 1989]: The following information relates to Football League matches played in the 1987–88 season. The clubs listed are those which operated the PFA community programme scheme throughout that season.
Average arrests per match Division 1 Everton 1.20 Liverpool 1.65 For Division 5.3 Division 2 Blackburn Rovers 3.6 Manchester City 1.59 Oldham Athletic 0.86 For Division 4.2 Division 3 Blackpool 1.6 Bury 0.2 Chester City 0.96 Preston North End 0.9 Wigan Athletic 0.17 For Division 1.5 Division 4 Bolton Wanderers 0.9 Burnley 3.9 Crewe Alexandra 1.9 Rochdale 1.4 For Division 1.7