HC Deb 29 November 1983 vol 49 c436W
Mr. Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report the most recent Home Office research unit information on stop and search in areas of the metropolis and other areas identifying the number and percentage carried out by (a) uniformed officers, (b) plain-clothes officers and (c) mixed squads, and distinguishing between those made during hours of daylight and darkness.

Mr. Hurd

The most recent information that: is available is summarised on page 16 of "Home Office Research and Planning Unit Paper 15", a copy of which is in the Library. This information, which relates to the number of persons recorded as having been stopped by police officers based at four police stations over a two-month period in 1981, is as follows:

Station Total number of recorded stops Number stopped by uniformed officers Number stopped by plain-clothes officers Number stopped by members of mixed squads
Kensington 2,238 1,025 (46$) 353 (16$) 860 (38$)
Peckham 1,074 846 (79$) 142 (13$) 86 (8$)
Watford 704 696 (99$) 8 (1$)
Luton 585 576 (98$) 9 (2$)

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