HC Deb 29 April 1980 vol 983 c476W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Attorney-General if he will publish the number of applications that have been made to divisional courts in each of the last five years for writs of habeas corpus.

The Solicitor-General

The numbers are as follows:

1975 23
1976 24
1977 55
1978 24
1979 25

In addition, some applications for habeas corpus are linked to applications for judicial review, but it is not possible from the available statistics to identify these cases separately.