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Written question asked by Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 8 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 November 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 November 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Stop and Search

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the power to authorise stop and search for offensive weapons within a specified area for the period of 24 hours under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was used by a senior police officer in each year since the Act came into force.
Answer

Available information on stops and searches of persons or vehicles under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 from 1995 to 2005-06 can be found in the following table.

Searches of persons or vehicles under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and resultant arrests England and Wales
Number
Stops and searches in anticipation of violence
Total searches Number of persons found to be carrying offensive weapons or dangerous instruments Arrests for offensive weapons Arrests for other reasons
1995 (from 10 April) 2,380 205 58 109
1996 7,020 187 132 371
1996-97 7,970 177 129 392
1997-98 7,970 377 103 332
1998-99¹ 5,500 213 91 84
1999-00 6,840 59 36 195
2000-01 11,330 357 309 411
2001-02 18,900 1,367 203 485
2002-03² 44,400 1,568 356 2,142
2003-04³ 40,400 557 299 1,248
2004-054 41,600 286 256 958
2005-06 36,300 542 192 1,522
¹ Figures updated since publication of the 1998-99 Bulletin.
² Figures updated since publication of the 2002-03 Bulletin.
³ Figures updated since publication of the 2003-04 Bulletin.
4 Figures updated since publication of the 200-05 Bulletin.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163714; 467 c85-6W
Session
2007-08
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