§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many exclusion orders have been granted against persons convicted of a football-related offence in(a) the Merseyside police area, (b) the Tyneside police area, (c) the Birmingham police area and (d) the Greater Manchester police area since 1 July 1987.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe exclusion order provisions of the Public Order Act 1986 came into force on 1 August 1987. I understand from the chief officers of police concerned that the information for their force areas since then is as follows:
- (a) Merseyside—56;
- (b) Northumbria—3;
- (c) West Midlands—150;
- (d) Greater Manchester—113.