§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were stopped and searched on each month since January 1984 and subsequently (a) charged and (b) not charged for each of the sub-divisions of "N" division of the Metropolitan Police area.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 17 March 1986, c. 10]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the readily available information is as given in the table. The table shows for 1984 the number of persons or vehicles recorded as stopped; statistics showing the number of occasions on which a search was conducted are not available. Up to 1 April 1985 the information was collated on an annual basis and figures for the first quarter of 1985 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. From 1 April 1985 the Metropolitan police introduced a new code of practice relating to stop and search procedures and the information collected, in line with section 5 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, relates only to those occasions on which persons or vehicles were searched and is collated on a divisional basis only. These figures are therefore not comparable with those for 1984. Monthly figures for such small areas are very variable and have therefore been aggregated to provide quarterly totals. Information on whether charges resulted from the arrests shown is not available.
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Searches* and resultant arrests: 'N' District, Metropolitan Police Number Kings Cross Division (includes Islington) Holloway Division (includes Highbury Vale) 'N' District Total Searches 2nd Quarter 1985 137 272 409 3rd Quarter 1985 77 199 276 4th Quarter 1985 69 127 196 Arrests resulting from searches 2nd Quarter 1985 24 69 93 3rd Quarter 1985 9 36 45 4th Quarter 1985 11 14 25 * The basis of recording changed on 1 April 1985 † The figures are rounded because they are based on information in station registers for operational purposes and as this form of recording is unsuitable for the preparation of statistical summaries the resultant figures may be subject to some error. Components may not add to the total because they have been rounded independently.