Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 July 2007. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 9 July 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.
Stop and Search: Vehicles
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Yeovil, on 18 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1518-22W, on stop and search: vehicles, how many searches in each category resulted in an arrest.
- Answer
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The latest available information on the number of arrests resulting from search of a vehicle only is given in the table from 1998-99 to 2004-05.
Resultant arrests following total searches¹ of vehicles² and searches of vehicles under section 44(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000³, by police force area in England, 1999-2000 to 2004-05 Resultant arrests of a vehicle only search Period/Police force area Total Under section 44(1) Terrorism Act 20004 1998-99 Avon and Somerset 6 — Durham 1 1 West Mercia 2 — Wiltshire 2 — England 11 1 1999-2000 Metropolitan Police 1 — England 1 — 2000-01 Cheshire 2 — Hertfordshire 2 — Kent 1 — North Yorkshire 3 3 England 8 3 2001-02 Greater Manchester 1 — England 1 — 2002-03 South Yorkshire 2 2 West Yorkshire 2 — England 4 2 2003-04 Gloucestershire 52 — Greater Manchester 75 — North Yorkshire 1 — Staffordshire 10 — West Yorkshire 6 — England 144 — 2004-05 Bedfordshire 1 — Cambridgeshire 1 1 Cheshire 172 — Greater Manchester 16 — Sussex 1 1 England 191 2 ¹ Total searches includes searches: under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Firearms Act 1968; also included are other legislation which relates to searches under other powers, such as under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 section 15 (which since 19 February 2001 has been replaced by section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000); various poaching and wildlife conservation legislation; the Aviation Security Act 1982, section 27(1); the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, s163 and 164; and the Sporting Events (control of Alcohol, etc.) Act 1985; section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and section 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly section 13A and 13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. ² Searches may be conducted on vehicles only, occupants only or both may be searched. Where a vehicle and driver occupier are searched simultaneously the search is recorded against the driver (occupant). Any other passengers searched are recorded as occupants. Data given in the table are where an arrest has resulted from a ‘vehicle only’ search. ³ Police force areas where no resultant arrests were recorded have been excluded from the table. 4 Section 44(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (formerly section 13A of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used. Source: Stops/Searches collection held by Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
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- Reference
- 462 c1344-6W;462 c1345-6W; 147767
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- 2006-07
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- Stop and search Vehicles
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