§ Mr. Nellistasked 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. HurdThe 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