§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested under the Prevention or Terrorism Act in each month since March 1980; and how many of this number were charged.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information readily available is given in the following table. It is planned to issue in the second half of January a Home office statistical bulletin giving figures for the fourth quarter of 1980.
Persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976 Great Britain, 1980 Number of Total Detained Persons Subsequently charged with a criminal offence March 55 6 April 60 1 May 59 2 June 74 19 July 52 2 August 46 — September 45 — 391 30