§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the Carling Premiership and Endsleigh Insurance league clubs together with the total season's attendance at(a) matches played in the Carling Premiership and Endsleigh Insurance leagues and (b) matches played in the FA Cup, Coca-Cola Cup and Autoglass Trophy with the total number of (i) arrests and (ii) arrests as a percentage of the total attendance at each category of such matches, accurate to four decimal places, for the 1993–94 season.
§ Mr.MacleanThe information is set out in the following tables:
Premier league 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrests Percentage Arsenal 641,833 80 0.0125 Aston Villa 609,314 141 0.0231 Blackburn Rovers 372,145 59 0.0159 Chelsea 407,732 94 0.0231 Coventry 280,392 90 0.0321 Everton 480,391 75 0.0156 Ipswich 344,025 28 0.0081 Leeds 724,363 130 0.0179 Liverpool 808,361 214 0.0265 Manchester City 560,899 46 0.0082 Manchester United 929,133 59 0.0064 Newcastle 707,269 82 0.0116 Norwich 381,436 70 0.0184 Oldham 263,815 19 0.0072 Queens Park Rangers 298,782 59 0.0197 Sheffield United 410,805 87 0.0212 Sheffield Wednesday 571,002 67 0.0117 Southampton 309,765 61 0.0197 Swindon 320,761 31 0.0097 Tottenham 570,359 62 0.0109 West Ham 432,008 59 0.0137 Wimbledon 219,961 17 0.0077 Total 10,644,551 1,630 0.0153 692W
Division one 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrest Percentage Barnsley 175,037 77 0.0440 Birmingham 333,636 92 0.0276 Bolton 241,462 50 0.0207 Bristol City 203,596 47 0.0231 Charlton 185,279 11 0.0059 Crystal Palace 360,092 61 0.0169
Division one 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrest Percentage Derby 365,549 54 0.0148 Grimsby 143,747 28 0.0195 Leicester 351,209 20 0.0057 Luton 181,197 13 0.0072 Middlesbrough 239,218 26 0.0890 Millwall 225,893 98 0.0434 Nottingham County 197,726 25 0.0126 Nottingham Forest 529,168 25 0.0158 Peterborough 170,477 57 0.0334 Portsmouth 268,918 50 0.0186 Southend 140,404 24 0.0171 Stoke 366,419 89 0.0243 Sunderland 389,493 54 0.0139 Tranmere 186,278 94 0.0505 Watford 181,607 20 0.0110 West Bromwich Albion 387,327 123 0.0318 Wolverhampton 505,190 119 0.0236 Total 6,487,104 1,359 0.0209
Division two 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrest Percentage AFC Bournemouth 100,156 28 0.0280 Blackpool 109,403 129 0.1180 Barnet 55,906 13 0.0233 Bradford 147,095 33 0.0224 Brentford 129,043 37 0.0287 Brighton 177,301 21 0.0118 Bristol Rovers 122,214 8 0.0065 Burnley 259,283 23 0.0089 Cambridge 84,773 6 0.0071 Cardiff 139,150 15 0.0108 Exeter 76,366 20 0.0262 Fulham 107,068 28 0.0262 Hartlepool 47,742 14 0.0293 Huddersfield 146,556 42 0.0287 Hull 136,199 15 0.0110 Leyton Orient 97,442 8 0.0082 Plymouth 206,075 33 0.0160 Port Vale 191,435 38 0.0199 Reading 158,437 117 0.0738 Rotherham 85,438 29 0.0339 Stockport 117,081 13 0.0111 Swansea 81,281 9 0.0111 Wrexham 91,098 48 0.0527 York 106,160 55 0.0518 Total 2,972,702 782 0.0263 693W
Division three 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrests Percentage Bury 54,529 4 0.0073 Carlisle 116,244 16 0.0138 Chesterfield 66,958 33 0.0493 Chester 67,008 30 0.0448 Colchester 59,998 6 0.0100 Crewe 83,809 13 0.0155 Darlington 47,796 8 0.0167 Doncaster 52,041 8 0.0154 Gillingham 66,110 10 0.0151 Hereford 47,499 1 0.0021 Lincoln 66,758 0 0.0000 Mansfield 57,082 19 0.0333 Northampton 72,534 12 0.0165 Preston 154,918 56 0.0361
Division three 1993–94 season Club Total attendance Arrests Arrests Percentage Rochdale 55,788 7 0.0125 Scarborough 35,302 20 0.0567 Scunthorpe 66,816 5 0.0075 Shewsbury 92,435 162 0.1753 Torquay 72,167 2 0.0028 Walsall 88,977 10 0.0112 Wigan 39,844 17 0.0427 Wycombe 114,411 17 0.0149 Total 1,579,024 456 0.0289
Cup competitions in the 1993–94 season Attendance Arrests Percentage FA Cup 1,989,474 761 0.0383 Coca-Cola 1,744,120 487 0.0279 Autoglass 251,381 48 0.0191 Total 3,984,975 1,296 0.0325
§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to re-examine the provisions of section 3 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanWe have no specific plans to do so. We do, however, keep under review all of the provisions of the Football (Offences) Act 1991, as well as other football legislation concerned with public order.