§ 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 for each police force area of the number of pickets arrested and their known occupation from 18 July to date.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following number of arrests have been made, in the period from 18 July to 16 October inclusive, in connection with events arising from the miners' dispute:
Police force area Number of arrests Cleveland 33 Cumbria 25 Derbyshire 442 Durham 162 Essex 4 Greater Manchester 49 Gwent 58 Humberside 45 Kent 129 Leicestershire 25 Merseyside 121 Northumbria 318 North Wales 10 North Yorkshire 43 Nottinghamshire 556 South Wales 160 South Yorkshire 366 Staffordshire 131 Warwickshire 30 West Yorkshire 42 TOTAL 2,749
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for reports from each 433W chief constable to provide details in an average week of the number of police on duty by force area in connection with the mining dispute.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI shall write to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for reports from each chief constable to provide details of the number of police injured since 17 July dealing and involved with the current miners' dispute.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following numbers of police have been injured, in the period from 18 July to 16 October inclusive, in dealing with events arising from the miners' dispute:
Police force area Numbers injured Cleveland 2 Derbyshire 82 Durham 10 Greater Manchester 2 Gwent 1 Kent 40 Merseyside 4 Northumbria 10 North Yorkshire 11 Nottinghamshire 10 South Wales 3 South Yorkshire 95 Staffordshire 9 Sussex 2 West Yorkshire 105 Total 386
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will tabulate in the Official Report the numbers of police officers sent out of the Metropolitan Police area for duty in connection with industrial disputes during each week from 5 March to date.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe information requested is as follows:
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Number of police officers sent outside the Metropolitan Police District each week since 5 March 1984 in connection with industrial disputes. Week commencing Number 4 March 1984 — 11 March 696 18 March 1,070 25 March 787 1 April 999 8 April 934 15 April 700 22 April 239 29 April 233 6 May 466 13 May 466 20 May 584 27 May 490 3 June — 10 June — 17 June 1,088 24 June 647 1 July 976 8 July 1,044 15 July 1,252 22 July 1,044 29 July 1,044 5 August 510 12 August 1,067 19 August 1,395 26 August 1,393 2 September 1,956
Number of police officers sent outside the Metropolitan Police District each week since 5 March 1984 in connection with industrial disputes. 9 September 1,390 16 September 1,345 23 September 1,623 30 September 1,381 7 October 1,809 The periods of duty involved ranged from one day to 8 days.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Official Report, a table showing for the duration of the miners' strike for (a) Warwickshire, (b) the National Coal Board Midlands area, and (c) nationally, the number of people convicted of an offence who received the following sentences (i) custodial sentence, (ii) detention centre, (iii) day in police custody, (iv) suspended sentence, (v) remanded in custody, (vi) youth custody, (vii) fine (a) under £50, (b) £50, or over but under £100, (c) £100 or over but under £200 and (d) £200 or over, (viii) conditional or absolute discharge (ix) bound over to keep the peace, and (x) any other sentence not covered by the above.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe information available centrally in respect of Warwickshire and of England and Wales relates to the period 13 March to 16 October inclusive and is as follows:
Type of sentence Warwickshire England and Wales Custodial 0 43 Detention Centre 0 6 Detained in police custody 0 9 Suspended sentence 0 25 Remanded in custody 0 13 Youth custody order 0 2 Fine under £50 37 fines of £25–£200 (no more detailed figures are available centrally 267 Fine under £50–£99 558 Fine£100–£199 315 Fine £200 and over 2 104 Condititional/Absolute discharge 9 206 Bound over to keep the peace 15 650 Any other sentence 0 6 Similar information is not available in respect of the National Coal Board's south Midlands area. Information is collated centrally on the basis of police force areas, to which the NCB regional areas do not correspond.
§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Official Report a table showing for the duration of the miners' strike for (a) Warwickshire, (b) the National Coal Board Midlands area and (c) nationally, the numbers of people (i) arrested, (ii) how many of those arrested have been charged with an offence, (iii) how many of those arrested and charged are on court bail and how many of them have had their cases dealt with, (iv) how many have been convicted and, (v) how many have been acquitted.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe information available centrally in respect of Warwickshire and of England and Wales relates to the period 13 March to 16 October inclusive and is as follows: 435W
Warwickshire England and Wales Number of arrests 162 7,318 Number of charges 130 6,151 Number of those on court bail 75 3,579 Cases dealt with 55 2,384 Convictions 45 1,921 Acquittals 10 463 Similar information is not available in respect of the National Coal Board's south Midlands area. Information is collated centrally on the basis of police force areas, to which the NCB regional areas do not correspond.
§ Mr. Cabornasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers and from which police forces, have been (a) returned from duties during the present pit dispute for acts of misconduct or conduct of a criminal nature and (b) have been arrested on criminal charges connected with their duties during the present pit dispute; and if he will list the acts of misconduct and criminal charges concerned.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mineworkers have been arrested during the miners' dispute; how many are on bail; and how many have been imprisoned.
§ Mr. Giles ShawIn the period 13 March to 16 October inclusive the total number of those arrested in connection with the miners' dispute was 7,318 of whom 6,828 are known to be miners. At the end of the same period, 3,579 people were on court bail, and 43 people had received custodial sentences. Information about the number of mine workers on bail or imprisoned is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate expense.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total financial cost to the South Yorkshire county council of police operations during the miners' strike; and how much he has helped to cover the cost of these operations.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI understand that up to 17 September the South Yorkshire police authority had incurred total additional expenditure of £7.679 million as a result of the miners' dispute. The authority has received from the Home Office in respect of this expenditure advances of police grant and of the special payment which my right hon. and learned Friend made available totalling £6.458 million. He announced on 9 October that no police authority would have to meet from the rates more than the product of ¾ penny rate. In South Yorkshire this is £1.055 million and, since the police authority's share of the cost has already reached this figure, all further approved additional expenditure resulting from the dispute will be reimbursed from central funds.