§ Mr. Maudeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated total cost to date of policing the mining dispute.
§ Mr. Giles ShawInformation on the total costs of policing the dispute to date is not available. Up to 8 November the Home Office had paid advances of police grant and of the special payment my right hon. and learned Friend is making available to police authorities, on expenditure totalling some £89 million.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report the following information on the mining dispute (a) the number of persons convicted and the offences they committed for each police force area and (b) the number of persons remanded in custody for each police force area.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe information available centrally about the number of convictions for offences committed in connection with the miners' dispute relates to the period from 13 March to 13 November and is as follows:
Police force area Number of convictions Cleveland 43 Cumbria 5 Derbyshire 341 Durham 122 Dyfed-Powys 2 Essex 28 Greater Manchester 57 Gwent 60 Humberside 25 Kent 45 Lancashire 2 Leicestershire 34 Merseyside 77 Metropolitan 53 Northumbria 116 North Wales 23 North Yorkshire 85 Nottinghamshire 580 South Wales 114 South Yorkshire 304 Staffordshire 211 Warwickshire 52 West Yorkshire 25 Total: 2404 It is not possible from the information available centrally to provide details of the offences which resulted in these convictions. On 13 November the number of those remanded in custody was as follows:
Police force areas Number of remands in custody Derbyshire 5 Merseyside 1 Northumbria 1 Nottinghamshire 2 South Yorkshire 2