§ Sir Nicholas LyellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the nature of the several offences committed by the 390 UK citizens arrested at Charleroi in Belgium during Euro 2000, indicating how many had committed each such offence. [131401]
§ Mr. StrawAs I told the House in my Statement on 4 July 2000,Official Report, columns 170–183, 965 England supporters were arrested or detained during Euro 2000. Of these, 391 had previously been convicted of a criminal offence. The National Criminal Intelligence Service advise that these people had between them: 133 convictions for violence, 200 for disorder, 38 for the possession of an offensive weapon, 122 for criminal damage and 250 for other offences. Some supporters will have been convicted of more than one type of offence.
§ Sir Nicholas LyellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in relation to each of the past five years the periods which would have been control periods in relation to external tournaments, pursuant to paragraph 14(6) of the Football Spectators Act 1989 as amended by the Football (Disorder) Bill. [131402]
§ Mr. StrawThe Football (Disorder) Bill defines the term "control period" in respect of an external tournament. It relates to any period beginning five days before the day of the first match of the tournament. If this was applied to external tournaments involving England and Wales within the last five years, the designated control periods would be: Friday 5 June—Friday 17 July 1998 (World Cup—France 98) and Monday 5 June—Friday 7 July 2000 (Euro 2000—Holland/Belgium).