HC Deb 30 November 1988 vol 142 cc274-5W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the number of arrests(a) within football grounds in the 1987–88 season and (b) in the vicinity of football grounds on match days during the same period;

(2) at how many division III and division IV football matches no arrests were made in the 1987–88 season.

Mr. Moynihan

Total arrests at English league matches during the 1987–88 season were 6,147 with 6,542 ejections, 11 per cent. and 1 per cent. up on the 1986–87 totals respectively. The relevant statistics away from grounds on match days are not available.