Stop and Search Mr. Jeremy Browne 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. Mr. Coaker 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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.| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------