I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Department.

Data on the main stop and search powers used by police in England and Wales are published by the Home Office on an annual basis in the National Statistics series 'Police Powers and Procedures' and are only provided at police force area. Latest published data cover the period up to the financial year 2010-11 and are included in the latest internet-only release, which is available via:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/police-research/police-powers-procedures-201011/

Provisional data for 2011-12 on searches under S44/47A of the Terrorism Act 2000, are also published as a part of the Official Statistics series 'Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation: Arrests, outcomes and stop and searches Great Britain 2011-12'. Latest published data are for 2011-12 and are included in the latest internet-only release, which is available via:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/counter-terrorism-statistics/hosb1112/

Data published in these releases are broken down to police force area level only, therefore from centrally reported data it is not possible to determine the number of persons stopped and searched at specific locations within police force areas.

Available data relating to the number of searches of persons under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, to determine whether a person is carrying articles of a kind which could be used in connection with terrorism in the North Yorkshire police force area, where Menwith Hill is located, are provided in the following table. It is not possible to determine the exact number of these searches conducted at specific locations from information held centrally.