§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were stopped and searched by the police in 1994–95. [24189]
§ Mr. MacleanThe figures of people stopped and searched in 1994–95 are as follows: 793W
Searches of persons under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 by ethnic group Searches made: Police force area of white persons of ethnic minority persons Avon and Somerset 5,517 558 Bedfordshire 1,562 431 Cambridgeshire 2,463 178 Cheshire 910 24 City of London 2,730 864 Cleveland 5,186 117 Cumbria 7,635 61 Derbyshire 6,690 247 Devon and Cornwall 1,179 6 Dorset 2,485 35 Durham 3,046 42 Dyfed Powys 8,616 33 Essex 4,747 167 Gloucestershire 3,681 296 Greater Manchester 40,753 3,749 Gwent 3,210 186 Hampshire 3,128 161 Hertfordshire 4,262 450 Humberside 2,068 40 Kent 3,391 139 Lancashire 8,686 577 Leicestershire 15,485 1,972 Lincolnshire 2,096 20 Merseyside 13,934 579 Metropolitan Police 189,928 112,763 Norfolk 7,767 89 North Wales 12,619 40 North Yorkshire 2,334 35 Northamptonshire 3,674 179 Northumbria 18,903 145 Nottinghamshire 2,233 218 South Wales 5,081 277 South Yorkshire 7,322 343 Staffordshire 2,132 139 Suffolk 3,195 65 Surrey 13,830 1,014 Sussex 5,601 191 Thames Valley 6,012 915 Warwickshire 4,836 260 West Mercia 8,949 464 West Midlands 5,616 2,805 West Yorkshire 3,708 609 Wiltshire 2,139 96