§ Mr. Soleyasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the following information in relation to the mining dispute: (i) the number of arrests in each police force area; and (ii) the number of those arrested who were released without being charged.
§ Mr. AncramI have been asked to reply.
The information held centrally, which relates to the period to 16 November, is set out below:
Police Force area Number of arrests Number of persons arrested and released without charge Central Scotland 7 4 Dumfries and Galloway 3 — Fife 199 — Lothian and Borders 432 6 Strathclyde 688 9 Tayside 13 — Total 1,342 19
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the following information in relation to the mining dispute: (i) the number of police sent out of each police force area for duty in connection with the dispute during each week of the dispute; and (ii) the number of police injured in each police force area; how many of these were seriously injured; and how many were treated in hospital other than as outpatients.
§ Mr. AncramI have been asked to reply.
Three Scottish police forces have had occasion to deploy officers outwith their areas in connection with the current dispute in the mining industry. The occasions and numbers of officers involved are shown in Table 1 below. Generally the deployments have been for only very limited periods during the weeks in question.
Table 1 Total number of officers deployed during week Force and week commencing Number Central Scotland 27 August 411 3 September 91 1 October 15 8 October 48 12 November 109 Fife 11 June 41 20 August 219 10 September 31 12 November 78 Lothian and Borders 20 August 65 1 October 113 8 October 87 5 November 36 Details of Scottish police officers injured during the dispute are shown in table 2.
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Table 2 Force Injured Number seriously injured Hospitalised Central Scotland 1 — — Fife 13 1 1 Lothian and Borders 55 — — Strathclyde 19 — — Tayside 6 — —