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Arrests

Volume 940: debated on Friday 2 December 1977

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Mr. Norman Fowler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were carried out by the Metropolitan Police in (a) 1967, (b) 1970 and (c) 1976.

Dr. Summerskill

The available information is as follows:

NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT
YearNumber
1967125,913
1970140,619
1976165,576
The above table excludes those persons, mainly juveniles, who were arrested in the Metropolitan Police District and subsequently cautioned.