HC Deb 21 April 1983 vol 41 cc144-6W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inquiries were made of the police national computer by the Metropolitan police force for the years 1981 and 1982, broken down by division, central department and branch.

Mr. Mayhew

The information requested is not available, but we understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that some sample figures of transactions conducted by divisional terminals were recorded for a 28-day period in 1981 and 1982. The information obtained is set out in the following table:

Number of PNC inquiries over a 28-day period
Division 1981 1982
Cannon Row 'AD' 2,331 3,466
Rochester Row 'AR' 2,019 2,286
Gerald Road 'AL' 2,499 3,403
Kensington 'BD' 5,128 5,606
Notting Hill 'BH' 4,377 5,776
Chelsea 'BC 4,192 3,795
West End Central 'CD' 5,459 5,608
Vine Street 'CV 3,865 4,815
Bow Street 'CB' 5,964 4,002
Paddington 'DD' 4,109 4,008
Marylebone 'DM' 4,249 3,604
Harrow Road 'DR' 3,851 4,345
Hampstead 'EH' 2,269 3,039
Holborn 'EO' 3,247 2,994
Kentish Town 'EK' 4,466 5,594
Hammersmith 'FD' 3,743 3,615
Shepherds Bush 'FS' 2,842 2,793
Fulham 'FF' 3,126 2,937
Stoke Newington 'GN' 4,120 5,515
Hackney 'GH' 3,602 3,294
Leman Street 'HD' 2,711 2,375
Bethnal Green 'HB' 3,265 2,153
Limehouse 'HH' 3,570 3,761
Heathrow 'ID' 4,158 3,485
West Drayton 'IW' 3,077 3,535
Barkingside 'JB' 2,112 2,600
Chingford 'JC' 2,713 2,869
Ilford 'JI' 2,423 3,126
Leyton 'JL' 2,727 3,093
Romford 'KD' 4,454 3,987
East Ham 'KE' 3,461 4,515
Dagenham 'KG' 3,334 3,846
West Ham 'KW' 4,537 4,635
Brixton 'LD' 3,805 4,092
Clapham 'LM' 3,221 3,697
Streatham 'LS' 3,425 2,055
Kennington Lane 'LK' 3,375 3,794
Southwark 'MD' 3,437 5,353
Peckham 'MM' 3,805 4,482
Carter Street 'MS' 3,187 5,012
Kings Cross 'ND' 3,008 3,419
Islington 'NT' 1,911 1,298
Holloway 'NH' 5,268 6,291
Catford 'PD' 4,297 5,162
Lewisham 'PL' 4,042 4,013
St. Mary Cray 'PM' 1,957 2,264
Bromley 'PR' 3,085 3,576
Wembley 'QD' 3,187 3,853
Kilburn 'QK' 4,596 5,056
Harrow 'QA' 3,683 3,770
Greenwich 'RD' 4,355 3,469
Woolwich 'RW' 3,665 3,441
Bexleyhealth 'RY' 3,468 4,229
Golders Green 'SG' 3,128 3,501
Barnet 'SA' 2,467 3,552
West Hendon 'SW' 2,559 3,592
Hounslow 'TD' 4,185 4,896
Twickenham 'TW' 1,485 2,901
Richmond 'TR' 1,806 2,691
Chiswick 'TE' 3,285 2,499
Kingston 'VD' 2,694 4,759
Wimbledon 'VW' 3,039 2,690
Tooting 'WD' 2,304 2,665
Battersea 'WA' 2,989 3,377
Wandsworth 'WW' 3,311 3,127
Ealing 'XD' 5,174 4,998
Southall 'XS' 4,038 3,741
Ruislip 'XR' 2,412 2,967

Division 1981 1982
Tottenham 'YT' 3,194 4,037
Hornsey 'YR' 4,870 5,030
Enfield 'YF' 4,927 3,467
Edmonton 'YE' 3,502 4,139
Croydon 'ZD' 5,387 6,235
Norbury 'ZN' 3,864 2,511
Sutton 'ZT' 3,716 5,299

The police national computer terminal bureau at New Scotland Yard processed 311,099 inquiries during 1981 and 344,002 in 1982. Information concerning inquiries made by other central departments or branches and not processed through the bureau is not available.

Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inquiries made of the police national computer were of (a) the vehicle indexes, (b) the criminal names index and (c) the wanted/missing persons index in the last convenient period of time.

Mr. Mayhew

The number of inquiries made of the police national computer during the period 6 March to 2 April 1983 for the indexes requested was as follows:

Vehicle indexes Criminal names index Wanted/Missing persons index
Week beginning 6 March 754,351 153,743 135,026
Week beginning 13 March 737,628 152,628 134,193
Week beginning 20 March 724,555 146,867 127,216
Week beginning 27 March 682,165 135,396 124,707