HL Deb 10 March 1998 vol 587 cc27-8WA
The Earl of Haddington

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many shooting incidents were reported in each month of the last two years in the Manchester Police Authority area, indicating in which cases drugs were believed to be involved, the calibre and

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

I am not aware of any formal representations to the Home Office since the Act was implemented last September.

The police do have the power to arrest unregistered sex offenders under Section 25 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), which provides a general power of arrest for all offences which are not, in themselves, arrestable. A police officer can exercise this power if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person will cause physical injury to himself or others, or if he has reasonable grounds to believe that arrest is necessary to protect a child or other vulnerable person.