§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were stopped and searched by the police in each district of the Metropolitan police, for each quarter, for 1994–95 and 1995–96; and if he will provide an ethnic breakdown of those stopped and searched. [38866]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 22 July 1996]I will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were stopped and searched by the police in each police authority for each quarter, in 1994–95 and 1995–96; and if he will provide an ethnic breakdown of those stopped and searched. [38865]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 22 July 1996]The following tables give information on searches of persons or vehicles under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and other legislation. Statistics for the 175W first quarter of 1996 are not yet available. For the only information which is available on the ethnic breakdown of those stopped and searched in 1994–95, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Stockton, South (Mr. Devlin) on 29 March at columns 792–93.
Searches of persons or vehicles under pace and other legislation1 for financial year 1994–95 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Quarter 1 Police force area 1994 1994 1994 1995 Total Avon and Somerset 1,324 1,357 1,637 1,746 6,064 Bedfordshire 474 435 679 415 2,003 Cambridgeshire 897 580 575 589 2,641 Cheshire 231 363 196 293 1,083 Cleveland 695 639 1,290 2,879 5,503 Cumbria 1,708 1,937 2,355 2,340 8,340 Derbyshire 1,615 1,730 2,153 2,539 8,037 Devon and Cornwall 374 396 354 247 1,371 Dorset 489 760 614 790 2,653 Durham 879 734 780 1,082 3,475 Essex 1,283 1,196 1,279 1,156 4,914 Gloucestershire 807 929 1,039 1,419 4,194 Greater Manchester 11,191 9,996 10,232 13,103 44,522 Hampshire 614 617 890 1,059 3,180 Hertfordshire 1,411 1,218 1,253 1,259 5,141 Humberside 440 358 596 788 2,182 Kent 1,143 710 828 890 3,571 Lancashire 2,358 2,095 2,306 2,561 9,320 Leicestershire 3,768 4,739 4,971 4,460 17,938 Lincolnshire 531 498 481 590 2,100 London. City of 746 775 977 1,096 3,594 Merseyside 4,029 3,544 3,750 3,522 14,845 Metropolitan Police 72,378 75,418 77,634 84,199 309,629 Norfolk 1,689 1,893 2,218 2,056 7,856 Northamptonshire 846 929 1,349 1,116 4,240 Northumbria 3,223 3,740 5,504 8,677 21,144 North Yorkshire 745 582 736 688 2,751 Nottinghamshire 519 594 591 747 2,451 South Yorkshire 1,845 1,580 2,035 1,990 7,450 Staffordshire 504 573 635 790 2,502 Suffolk 908 1,063 893 929 3,793 Surrey 4,066 3,869 4,068 3,405 15,408 Sussex 1,342 1,589 1,685 1,544 6,160 Thames Valley 1,578 1,541 1,763 2,656 7,538 Warwickshire 1,401 1,293 1,360 1,352 5,406 West Mercia 2,183 2,107 2,690 2,891 9,871 West Midlands 1,668 1,943 2,118 1,918 7,647 West Yorkshire 1,015 1,011 1,306 1,371 4,703 Wiltshire 1,215 593 489 384 2,681 Dyfed-Powys 2,761 3,846 3,031 2,959 12,597 Gwent 759 803 1,065 1,144 3,771 North Wales 3,074 3,435 3,236 2,762 12,507 South Wales 1,690 1,492 1,430 1,493 6,105 All forces 142,416 145,500 155,071 169,894 612,881 1 But not searches of persons or vehicles under S60 or S81 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. 176W
Searches of persons or vehicles under pace and other legislation for financial year 1995–96 (Available quarters) Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Police Force Area 1995 1995 1995 Total Avon 1,908 1,829 2,092 5,829 Bedfordshire 484 484 702 1,670 Cambridgeshire 824 729 630 2,183 Cheshire 448 313 437 1,198 Cleveland 3,357 2,969 3,334 9,660 Cumbria 2,422 2,231 2,618 7,271 Derbyshire 3,466 3,135 3,506 10,107 Devon and Cornwall 567 457 907 1,931 Dorest 673 639 666 1,978 Durham 1,059 706 836 2,601 Essex 1,517 1,343 1,722 4,582
Searches of persons or vehicles under pace and other legislation1 for financial year 1995–96 (Available quarters) Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Police Force Area 1995 1995 1995 Total Gloucestershire 1,309 1,235 1,328 3,872 Greater Manchester 12,014 11,949 12,168 36,131 Hampshire 1,987 1,694 2,314 5,995 Hertfordshire 1,355 1,286 1,466 4,107 Humberside 593 496 582 1,671 Kent 793 675 1,126 2,594 Lancashire 3,005 2,807 3,050 8,862 Leicestershire 5,005 3,693 4,418 13,166 Lincolnshire 626 950 1,506 3,082 London, City of 1,201 1,298 1,030 3,529 Merseyside 4,411 4,729 5,791 14,931 Metropolitan Police 83,890 75,075 76,208 235,173 Norfolk 1,855 1,522 2,191 5,568 Northamptonshire 1,234 1,383 1,455 4,072 Northumbria 7,856 7,965 7,787 23,608 North Yorkshire 802 909 1,119 2,830 Nottinghamshire 843 803 795 2,441 South Yorkshire 1,738 1,363 1,733 4,834 Staffordshire 1,047 1,224 1,539 3,810 Suffolk 904 1,222 1,026 3,052 Surrey 4,233 3,551 3,501 11,285 Sussex 1,721 1,761 2,070 5,552 Thames Valley 2,992 2,690 2,756 8,438 Warwickshire 1,336 1,904 2,050 5,290 West Mercia 2,685 2,977 3,471 9,133 West Midlands 3,505 3,846 4,478 11,829 West Yorkshire 1,511 1,419 2,515 5,445 Wiltshire 577 608 629 1,814 Dyfed-Powys 3,806 5,571 3,420 12,797 Gwent 1,255 1,151 1,367 3,773 North Wales 2,907 2,925 2,823 8,655 South Wales 1,241 1,167 1,570 3,978 All forces 177,012 166,583 176,732 520,327 1 But not searches of person or vehicles under S60 or S81 of the criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.