§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any persons from the armed forces have been or are being used in any way whatsoever in the mining dispute.
§ Mr. HurdService men are not involved in the policing of events arising from the dispute. Some service accommodation and catering facilities are being provided, temporarily, when police officers are having to be accommodated in force areas other than their own.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for reports from each chief constable concerned to provide details to date for each police force area of the number of pickets arrested; and how many of these have occurred since 2 May.
§ Mr. HurdThe figures available centrally relate to the period since 14 March. The following numbers of arrests have been made in connection with events arising from the miners' dispute:
Police force area Number of arrests 14 March to 16 May inclusive 3 to 16 May inclusive Derbyshire 189 43 Durham 90 30 Essex 157 32 Greater Manchester 17 13 Humberside 1 0 Kent 47 47 Lancashire 2 0 Leicestershire 15 3 Merseyside 21 14 Northumbria 33 0 North Wales 14 12 Nottinghamshire 1,077 345 South Wales 58 0 South Yorkshire 185 0 Staffordshire 177 46 Warwickshire 78 6 West Yorkshire 3 3 2,164 594
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from each chief constable concerned to provide details to date of the 275W number of police injured in dealing with the current miners' dispute; and how many of these have occurred since 2 May.
§ Mr. HurdThe figures available centrally relate to the period since 14 March. The following numbers of police officers have been injured in dealing with events arising from the miners' dispute:
Police force area Number of officers injured 14 March to 16 May inclusive 3 to 16 May inclusive Derbyshire 42 26 Durham 7 1 Essex 3 1 Greater Manchester 1 1 Kent 2 2 Leicestershire 1 0 Northumbria 8 0 North Wales 1 0 Nottinghamshire 108 88 South Wales 1 0 South Yorkshire 52 0 Staffordshire 7 0 Warwickshire 1 0 Totals 234 119