§ Ms GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested for all types of offence in each police force area in 1994. [31367]
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information relates to the total number of arrests and is given in the table.
Total arrests in England and Wales in 1994, by police force area Police force area Number of arrests in 1994 Avon and Somerset 40,875 Bedfordshire 18,005 Cambridgeshire 19,320 Cheshire 31,767 Cleveland 28,694 Cumbria 20,282 Derbyshire 25,181 Devon and Cornwall 35,707 Dorset 16,675 Durham 27,190 Essex 42,120 Gloucestershire 17,980 Greater Manchester 123,855 Hampshire 64,285 Hertfordshire 21,483 Humberside 32,618 Kent 54,509 Lancashire 62,546 Leicestershire 23,133 Lincolnshire 20,277 London, City of 6,070 Merseyside 68,059 Metropolitan Police 150,951 Norfolk 15,844 Northamptonshire 20,420 Northumbria 69,001 North Yorkshire 23,652 Nottinghamshire 41,517 South Yorkshire 50,629 Staffordshire 38,419 Suffolk 16,652 Surrey 18,046 Sussex 39,633 Thames Valley 60,913 Warwickshire 16,054 West Mercia 39,214 West Midlands 133,156 West Yorkshire 81,314 Wiltshire 16,025 Dyfed Powys 16,068 Gwent 21,523 North Wales 26,360 South Wales 57,386 England and Wales 1,753,408