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Reid of Cardowan, Lord (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many searches were conducted by police officers in each of the last five years; how many seizures of money were made; and how much money was seized in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many searches were conducted by police officers in each of the last five years; how many seizures of money were made; and how much money was seized in each year.
Asked by
Nick Clegg
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
12 December 2006
For answer on
14 December 2006
Answered on
8 January 2007
The police have search powers under various pieces of legislation and the seizure of cash is often incidental to the main purpose of the search. Information held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of searches within England and Wales of persons or vehicles under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and other legislation from 2000-01 to 2004-05 (latest available) is given in the table 1 2005-06 data will be issued in 2007.The information available on the numbers of seizures of cash by the police under the powers in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and the amounts seized, is set out in table 2.
| Table 1: searches of persons and vehicles under s1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and other legislation¹, England and Wales, 2000-01 to 2004-05 | |
|---|---|
| Total searches | |
| 2000-01 | 714,100 |
| 2001-02 | 741,000 |
| 2002-03 | 895,300 |
| 2003-04 | 749,400 |
| 2004-05 | 851,200 |
| ¹ Includes searches for drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and those for firearms under the Firearms Act 1968. Also includes other powers such as s43 of the Terrorism Act 2000; various poaching and wildlife conservation legislation; s27(1) of the Aviation Security Act 1982; s163 and 164 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; and the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985. | |
| Note: | |
| Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data used. | |
| Source: | |
| Home Office Statistical Bulletin ‘Arrests for Recorded Crime (Notifiable Offences) and the Operation of Certain Police Powers under PACE, England and Wales, 2004/05’. Issue 21/05. |
| Table 2: police cash seizures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Value (£ million) | |
| 2002-03¹ | n/a | n/a |
| 2003-04 | 494 | 20.357 |
| 2004-05 | 564 | 15.802 |
| 2005-06 | 884 | 43.34 |
| n/a = not available. | ||
| ¹ The powers for police to seize cash under this Part of POCA came into effect on 30 December 2002. | ||
| Source: | ||
| Reports of the Appointed Person for England and Wales, and Northern Ireland 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06, under Part five, Chapter three of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.(POCA). |
Subjects
Evidence; Police; Proceeds of crime
Date
8 January 2007
Reference
455 c151W;455 c149-50W; 109670
House
House of Commons