UK: Under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the year a total of 124,687 searches were carried out on pedestrians and vehicle occupants - "a threefold increase" on the previous year (41,924)

Only 1% resulted in arrests – 1,271 in total and of these only 73 were for terrorist offences. Annual report: Statistical News Release: Police Powers and Procedures England and Wales 2007/08 (Press release, pdf) and Police Powers and Procedures England and Wales 2007/08 (pdf). Story followed up by: Capital sees rise in terror stops (BBC News, link) amd includes a quote from Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of terrorism laws: “It catches no or almost no terrorism material, it has never caught a terrorist and therefore it should be used conservatively.”