To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests on average were made at football matches in (a) each police force area and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2003. (317837)

Data on arrests in connection with football matches are collated and reported annually on the basis of club supported and type of offence, rather than geographical location of offence. The data for part (a), therefore, are not collated centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The Home Office annually publishes statistics for football-related arrests and football banning orders in England and Wales. These statistics for the football seasons 2003-04 to 2008-09 can be accessed on the Home Office website:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/reducing-crime/football-disorder/index.html

Information in answer to part (b) is presented in the following table.