§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were arrested 755W for (a) robbery and (b) other offences defined as street crime in (i) London, (ii) Manchester and (iii) Leeds in each month in 2002. [109606]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthStatistics are collected on arrests for notifiable offences quarterly, by offence group and police force area (pfa), and are published on a financial year basis. The table shows data for the notifiable offence group of robbery, for the period 2001–02 by
Number of persons aged 10–17 arrested for robbery, by police force area, England and Wales 2001–02 Police force area (pfa) April to June 2001 July to September 2001 October to December 2001 January to March 2002 Total Greater Manchester 296 275 271 252 1,094 Metropolitan police1 1,796 1,174 1,497 1,489 5,956 West Yorkshire 198 177 192 209 776 1Includes City of London