§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 9 January 2001,Official Report, column 519W, by what means the police in each district keep records of individuals who have been warned that their personal details, as compiled by security forces, have been found in possession of persons suspected of having been engaged in the preparation, instigation or Commission of acts of terrorism; and what statistical information he collates on the number of individuals who are, and who have been, put at risk. [146516]
§ Mr. IngramThe police keep manual records at sub-divisional level on each occasion when an individual is informed that he/she is considered to be the subject of a threat regardless of the origins of the information. A136W nominal record is created for each person and subsequent threats recorded. Following notification of the individual and the updating of local records, details are passed to RUC Headquarters to be collated centrally. This is a manual system based on the individual. Statistics are not maintained and to create such statistics would incur a disproportionate cost.