§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many(a) arrests have been made and (b) charges have been brought by each police force as a result of stops and searches under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since it came into force; and what has been the nature of the charges; [136085]
(2) how many stops and searches have been carried out by each police force, using powers other than section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, in each year since section 60 of the Act came into force; [136084]
(3) how many stops and searches have been carried out by each police force under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since it came into force; and how many of these involved the searching of vehicles. [136083]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is published annually in Home Office Statistical Bulletins "Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE, England and Wales, 1995, 1996, 1997–98 and 1998–99", copies of which are available in the Library. (Issue numbers are 12/96, 27/97, 2/99 and 9/00).
No information is held centrally on the number of charges brought, following arrest under section 60.
The number of searches of vehicles under section 60 for the years 1996–97, 1997–98 and 1998–99 are contained in the following table. Data for 1995 and the first quarter of 1996 are not available centrally.
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Searches of vehicles under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 England and Wales Number Police force area 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Avon and Somerset — 1 33 Bedfordshire 14 6 — Cambridgeshire — — — Cheshire 2 — — Cleveland — — — Cumbria — — — Derbyshire 1 1 — Devon and Cornwall — — — Dorset — — 1 Durham — — — Essex — — — Gloucestershire — — — Greater Manchester 11 — — Hampshire — — — Hertfordshire — — — Humberside — — — Kent 5 1 10 Lancashire 1 — — Leicestershire — 2 — Lincolnshire — — — London, City of — — — Merseyside — — — Metropolitan Police 22 20 — Norfolk — 3 — Northamptonshire — — — Northumbria — — — North Yorkshire — — —
Searches of vehicles under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 England and Wales Number Police force area 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Nottinghaamshire 26 68 5 South Yorkshire — 12 — Stafforddshire 2 2 2 Suffolk — 5 — Surrey — — — Sussex — — — Thames Valley 3 1 2 Warwickshire — — — West Mercia 2 4 19 WestMidlands 1 3 2 West Yorkshire 2 — — Wiltshire — 1 38 Dyfed Powys — — 1 Gwent — — — North Wales — — — South Wales — — 2 Total 92 130 115
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of the area declarations made by each police force under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, have been by(a) officers above the rank of superintendent, (b) officers of the rank of superintendent and (c) officers below the rank of superintendent in each year since it came into force; [136088]
(2) on how many occasions in each year since it came into force each police force has used section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to declare an area as one in which stops and searches can take place; and on how many of these occasions the power was extended beyond 24 hours; [136082]
(3) how many convictions have been obtained by each police force as a result of charges brought following stops and searches under section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 in each year since it came into force. [136086]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe information requested is not available centrally.
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the breakdown by ethnic origin of those persons stopped and searched by each police force under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since it came into force; and what was the ethnic origin of the population as a whole in the area of each police force. [136087]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe available information relates to 1998–99 and is contained in the tables.
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Stop and searches of persons under section 60 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, by ethnic appearance England and Wales 1998–99 Ethnic appearance of person searched Police force area White Black Asian Other Not known Avon and Somerset 1,085 115 43 15 32 Bedfordshire 27 1 1 — 1 Cambridgeshire — — — — — Cheshire 137 5 2 — — Cleveland — — — — — Cumbria — — — — —
Stop and searches of persons under section 60 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, by ethnic appearance England and Wales 1998–99 Ethnic appearance of person searched Police force area White Black Asian Other Not known Derbyshire 64 — — — — Devon and Cornwall 55 — — — — Dorset 10 — — — — Durham — — — — — Essex — — — — — Gloucestershire — — — — — Greater Manchester 132 22 5 — 7 Hampshire 19 1 — — — Hertfordshire — — — — — Humberside — — — — — Kent 38 6 1 — — Lancashire 75 — — 1 — Leicestershire 1 — — — — Lincolnshire — — — — — London, City of — — — — — Merseyside — — — — — Metropolitan Police 273 75 45 15 6 Norfolk 7 1 116 5 — Northamptonshire 1 — — — — Northumbria 54 1 — — 4 250W
Estimated1 population aged 10 and over by ethnic origin and police force area mid 1998 Ethnic origin Police force area White Black4 Asian Other5 Total Avon and Somerset 2 1,281,800 10,000 6,900 8,100 1,306,800 Bedfordshire2 438,400 11,600 23,400 5,700 479,200 Cambridgeshire2 605,100 5,700 12,600 4,300 627,800 Cheshire3 852,200 1,900 2,800 3,900 860,800 Cleveland3 473,200 1,000 6,300 2,100 482,600 Cumbria3 432,900 400 500 1,100 434,900 Derbyshire2 826,000 5,800 15,800 2,600 850,200 Devon and Cornwall3 1,372,400 2,500 1,300 5,000 1,381,200 Dorset3 610,000 1,000 1,300 3,300 615,600 Durham3 529,600 700 1,400 1,800 533,600 Essex2 1,318,000 4,800 10,300 7,600 1,340,000 Gloucestershire3 478,900 3,500 3,100 2,500 488,100 Greater Manchester2 2,094,900 28,800 88,700 17,800 2,230,200 Hampshire2 1,527,000 5,600 9,300 9,500 1,551,400 Hertfordshire2 731,000 6,700 14,500 9,500 761,800 Humberside3 763,600 1,700 3,000 3,200 771,600 Kent2 1,343,700 6,600 14,800 8,600 1,373,800 Lancashire3 1,189,300 4,300 44,600 6,500 1,244,600 Leicestershire2 739,800 5,500 59,700 4,100 809,000 Lincolnshire3 546,300 1,200 1,100 2,100 550,600 London, City of3 4,300 6— 100 200 4,700 Merseyside2 1,209,600 5,800 5,300 8,800 1,229,400 Metropolitan Police2 5,465,700 498,200 431,000 240,900 6,635,800 Norfolk3 692,400 1,700 1,300 3,400 698,800 Northamptonshire3 514,900 6,700 8,000 4,200 533,800 Northumbria3 1,237,900 1,900 7,400 5,400 1,252,600 North Yorkshire3 650,800 1,000 1,200 2,600 655,700 Nottinghamshire2 872,700 12,300 12,900 4,600 902,500 South Yorkshire2 1,106,600 8,200 17,300 5,600 1,137,700 Staffordshire2 913,900 6,300 8,400 2,700 931,300 Suffolk3 572,000 6,900 1,800 4,300 585,00 Surrey2 667,600 2,500 10,200 8,000 688,300 Sussex2 1,299,500 4,700 9,900 10,500 1,324,600 Thames Valley2 1,735,300 21,600 43,600 19,200 1,819,700 Warwickshire3 430,000 2,400 10,500 2,400 445,300 West Mercia3 981,500 3,500 6,600 4,700 996,300 West Midlands2 1,976,200 71,200 197,200 18,600 2,263,200 West Yorkshire2 1,684,800 21,400 111,700 11,700 1,829,500 Wiltshire3 518,000 2,700 2,800 3,500 527,100 Dyfed Powys3 421,900 600 600 1,700 424,800 251W
Stop and searches of persons under section 60 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, by ethnic appearance England and Wales 1998–99 Ethnic appearance of person searched Police force area White Black Asian Other Not known North Yorkshire 1 — — — — Nottinghamshire 428 48 16 4 — South Yorkshire — — — — — Staffordshire 212 4 3 — 2 Suffolk — — — — — Surrey — — — — — Sussex 12 2 — — — Thames Valley 593 — 3 — — Warwickshire — — — — 1,814 West Mercia 318 22 17 1 1 West Midlands 283 28 42 4 — West Yorkshire — — — — — Wiltshire 231 6 1 4 — Dyfed Powys 29 — — — — Gwent — — — — — North Wales — — — — — South Wales 52 — — — — England and Wales 4,137 337 295 50 1,868
Estimated1 population aged 10 and over by ethnic origin and police force area mid 1998 Ethnic origin Police force area White Black 4 Asian Other 5 Total Gwent3 476,000 1,500 3,500 2,400 483,300 North Wales3 573,700 800 1,100 2,300 577,800 South Wales3 1,056,300 6,500 9,600 8,700 1,081,100 Total 43,215,900 797,800 1,223,400 485,700 45,722,900 1 The estimates are based on the mid-1998 population estimates from ONS. 2 Estimates of numbers of individual ethnic groups are based on the 1996+1997+1998 Labour Force Survey. 3 Estimates for ethnic groups based on the 1991 census. 4 Includes mixed origin. 5 Includes Chinese. 6 Fewer than 50.