§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in order of frequency the 20 towns and cities of residence given by those English football fans(a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. [51997]
§ Mr. MichaelFull details of the places of residence of those arrested are not presently available. I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as further inquiries to obtain the information are completed.
§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many football supporters were arrested or detained by police at each football ground for the last three years for which figures are available for the Premiership and each of the Nationwide League clubs. [51998]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information on the number of arrests has been collated on a club-by-club basis only since season 1997–98. Collation of these figures is a matter for the Football Unit of the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and it is expected that these figures will be available shortly.
107WFor previous seasons, the data have been collated by NCIS on a divisional basis and the information for the past three years is as follows:
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Premier League Attendance (millions) 11.2 10.5 10.8 Arrests 1,713 1,697 1,759 Division One Attendance (millions) 6.0 6.6 6.9 Arrests 1,227 945 891 Division Two Attendance (millions) 3.0 2.8 3.2 Arrests 674 506 626 Division Three Attendance (millions) 1.6 2.0 1.9 Arrests 226 289 301 FA Cup Attendance (millions) 2.0 2.0 1.9 Arrests 914 549 509
§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of each official English Premiership or Football League supporters clubs were(a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed by French authorities during the World Cup. [52000]
§ Mr. MichaelInformation on how many of these individuals are members of official English Premiership or Football League Supporters Groups is not available.
§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many supporters of each participating nation were(a) detained and (b) arrested during Euro 96 in England. [52001]
§ Mr. MichaelThe total number of people arrested for football-related offences during Euro '96 was 1,107. The country of origin is as follows:
- Australia: 1
- Croatia: 10
- England: 916
- Ireland: 6
- Mexico: 1
- Norway: 1
- Scotland: 66
- Switzerland: 7
- Wales: 5
- Bulgaria: 1
- Czech Republic: 1
- France: 17
- Italy: 4
- Netherlands: 17
- Romania: 2
- Spain: 2
- Turkey: 7
- Unknown: 10
- Canada: 2
- Denmark: 8
- Germany: 13
- Malta: 2
108 - New Zealand: 1
- Russia: 4
- Sweden: 1
- United States: 2.
§ Mr. Jim Murphy:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by each league club in England on policing of football grounds (a) on average per game and (b) for each of the last three years for which figures are available. [52004]
§ Mr. MichaelThis information is not held centrally. I am placing in the Library copies of the tables, taken from a survey conducted by the Football League Limited, which show comparative policing costs of non-premiership football league clubs in seasons 1994–95 and 1995–96.