HC Deb 14 May 1984 vol 60 c5W
Mr. Nellist

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of the total number of pickets arrested from the beginning of the miners' strike to date by (a) police force area and (b) offence charged with.

Mr. Hurd

The information available centrally relates to numbers of arrests, but not the nature of any subsequent charges. The numbers of arrests in connection with the miners' dispute, by police force area and between 14 March and 10 May inclusive, are as follows:

Police force area Number of arrests
Derbyshire 180
Durham 70
Essex 157
Greater Manchester 16
Humberside 1
Kent 15
Lancashire 2
Leicester 12
Merseyside 21
Northumbria 33
North Wales 14
Nottinghamshire 889
South Wales 58
South Yorkshire 185
Staffordshire 177
Warwickshire 78
Total 1,908