HC Deb 09 December 1982 vol 33 c576W
Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish information showing the civil disorders which took place, month by month in 1980 and 1981, showing each district of the Metropolitan Police and each police force separately.

Mr. Mayhew

The term "civil disorders" is not susceptible of precise definition for this purpose, and is not generally employed to categorise information held centrally. Home Office statistical bulletin issue 20/82 summarises special returns provided by 25 named police forces on people arrested in serious incidents of public disorder in July and August 1981; the incidents covered are ones which, in the opinion of those forces, were more serious than would normally be expected in their areas.