§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in connection with activities related to each State Visit in the last three years. [97263]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeWithin the Metropolitan Police Area, no-one was arrested in connection with activities related to the State Visits by the President of Israel (February 1997), the President of Brazil (December 1997), the Emperor of Japan (May 1998), the President of Germany (December 1998), or the President of Hungary (June 1999), and 15 people were arrested in connection with activities related to last month's State Visit by the President of China. Of these, five were released by the arresting officer without any further proceedings. Information for other police force areas is not collected centrally.