§ Ms GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested by the Metropolitan police each year from 1980 to 1993.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Arrests made by the Metropolitan Police for notifiable offences, 1980 to 1993 Year Number of arrests 1980 105,017 1981 97,276 1982 100,804 1983 99,258 1984 104,017 1985 109,786
Year Number of arrests 1986 103,084 1987 109,706 1988 108,706 1989 111,420 1990 116,865 1991 113,570 1992 100,426 1993 93,020
§ Ms GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in each police force area in England and Wales in 1992 and 1993.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is given in the following table:
Arrests in England and Wales in 1992 and 1993, by police force area Police force area Arrests in 1992 Arrests in 1993 Avon and Somerset 35,532 36,874 Bedfordshire 17,220 18,136 Cambridgeshire 17,787 18,307 Cheshire 30,688 30,603 Cleveland 29,462 29,430 Cumbria 21,132 20,020 Derbyshire 24,241 23,309 Devon and Cornwall 33,538 35,049 Dorset 18,716 16,826 Durham 24,828 24,986 Essex 41,986 38,526 Gloucestershire 18,284 17,341 Greater Manchester 121,466 123,996 Hampshire 62,016 61,991 Hertfordshire 25,313 25,388 Humberside 35,324 30,926 Kent 54,254 52,551 Lancashire 62,345 63,285 Leicestershire 22,859 22,287 Lincolnshire 21,286 15,175 London, City of 4,516 5,202 Merseyside 75,634 70,414 Norfolk 19,750 19,386 Northamptonshire 19,906 19,873 Northumbria 70,734 69,907 North Yorkshire 23,020 23,867 Nottinghamshire 46,733 41,512 South Yorkshire 46,297 46,324 Staffordshire 38,935 38,322 Suffolk 16,612 15,758 Surrey 20,511 17,846 Sussex 38,365 37,844 Thames Valley 59,144 57,748 Warwickshire 13,612 15,439 West Mercia 35,042 36,269 West Midlands 135,262 131,753 West Yorkshire 84,332 63,407 Wiltshire 13,860 15,624 Dyfed Powys 14,823 14,325 Gwent 17,552 18,708 North Wales 24,568 25,674 South Wales 57,412 57,030 England and Wales (excluding MPD) 1,594,897 1,567,238 Metropolitan Police1 100,426 93,020 1Notifiable offences only.