Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions there have been for anti-social or violent conduct with respect to protest activity relating to the shale gas exploration site off the A583 Preston New Road in 2017 to date.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group. These data are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, and data can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales

Information is also published on the number of offences that are dealt with by charge or summons. These data are published in the ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, and data can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017