HC Deb 06 March 2001 vol 364 c122W
Ms Perham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many football-related offences there were in each of the last six years. [151626]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The data requested are not available. However, information on the number of arrests in connection with football-related offences for the last six seasons is set out in the table:

Data on football-related arrests between seasons 1994–95 and 2000–011
Season/year Total arrests
2000–012 1,834
1999–2000 3,137
1998–99 3,341
1997–98 3,307
1996–97 3,577
1995–96 3,441
1994–95 3,850
1 Provided by the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the Football Banning Orders Authority
2 As at 26 February 2001