HC Deb 26 June 1986 vol 100 cc278-9W
35. Mr. Wareing

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has any system for recording and monitoring the effectiveness of police stops and searches without warrant in the prevention or detection of crime.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Section 5 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which came into effect on 1 January 1986, requires Chief Officers of police to publish annually information on the number of searches for stolen or prohibited articles and on the number of arrests which result. It is also planned to publish information in Home Office statistical bulletins, the first of which will be issued later this year.