HC Deb 05 February 2004 vol 417 cc1041-2W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2004,Official Report, column 268W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the ethnic origin of the individuals who have been stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. [152399]

Mr. Blunkett

No independent research has been commissioned by the Home Office on the ethnic origin of the individuals who have been stopped and searched under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Neither is the data routinely collected on stops and searches made under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 automatically cross-referenced with data on the ethnic origin of those stopped. This information could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2004,Official Report, column 268W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions have directly resulted from stop and searches carried out under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in (i) 2001–02 and (ii) 2002–03. [152400]

Mr. Blunkett

The table gives details of stops and searches under section 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 and resultant arrests.

Year Total searches Resultant arrests
(i) 2001–02 10,200 189
(ii) 2002–03 32,100 380

and (e) Horserace Betting Levy Board were on 1 January; what their term of office is in each case; and whether they are remunerated. [151811]

Fiona Mactaggart

The information requested is as follows.

  1. 1. Advisory Board on Restricted Patients ceased to function with effect from 16 September 2003.
  2. 2. Gaming Board for Great Britain—is the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sports
  3. 3. Horserace Betting Levy Board— is the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
  4. 4. Health Advisory Committee to the Prison Service

The Health Advisory Committee for the Prison Service was abolished as a consequence of the decision, announced in March 1999, to reorganise prison health care on the basis of a partnership between the Prison and National Health Services. The table lists the Commission for Racial Equality on 1 January.

This information is taken from the Home Office Statistical Bulletin Arrests for Notifiable Offences and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE. England and Wales 2002–03.

Data collected on stops and searches are not routinely cross-referenced with the data held on prosecutions. This information could be collated and verified only at disproportionate cost.

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