§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the stop and search frequency and subsequent arrests and charging for September 1983, September 1984, September 1985 and September 1986 for the Highbury vale, Holloway, Upper street, City road and Kings Cross areas of Islington (N Division) of the Metropolitan police.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[pursuant to his reply, 2 December 1986, c. 574]: I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the readily available information is as given in the table. This revises some of the figures given in the Official Report at column 632 which I regret were incorrect. The table shows for 1982, 1983 and 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 sections 5 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, relates only to those occasions on which persons or vehicles were searched. The figures are therefore not comparable with those for earlier years. Monthly figures for such small areas are very variable, and have therefore been aggregated to provide 753W quarterly totals. Figures for the third quarter are not available. Information on whether charges resulted from these arrests is not available.
Stops, searches1 and resultant arrests: 'N' Division, Metropolitan police Number Holloway and Highbury Vale Kings Cross Islington N' District Total Stops of persons or vehicles2 3 1982 11,000 8,100 7,300 26,400 1983 15,400 7,400 5,300 28,100 1984 10,800 3,300 3,800 17,900 Arrests resulting from stops2 1982 2,100 400 500 3,000 1983 2,500 700 400 3,600 1984 2,100 600 600 3,300 Searches of persons or vehicles3 2nd quarter 1985 272 81 56 409 3rd quarter 1985 199 33 43 275 4th quarter 1985 127 14 55 196 1st quarter 1986 163 67 82 312 2nd quarter 1986 124 41 43 208 Arrests resulting from Searches 2nd quarter 1985 69 18 6 93 3rd quarter 1985 36 4 3 43 4th quarter 1985 14 3 23 40 1st quarter 1986 29 5 8 42 2nd quarter 1986 32 3 7 42 1The basis of recording changed on 1 April 1985. 2The 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. 2Some of the figures on stops and searches have been revised and differ from those shown at column 632, vol. 101, part II.