§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were detained under the Emergency Provisions (Northern Ireland) Acts in each year since 1973.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is available for the following years only.
Year Number of persons arrested by HM forces Number of persons arrested by Royal Ulster Constabulary 1978(from 1 June) 1,884 1,186 1979 2,572 2,035 1980 1,629 1,719 1981 1,993 2,555 1982 1,288 1,901 1983 476 1,222 1984 241 1,326 1985(to 30 April) 34 384 Note: Persons initially arrested by members of HM forces and handed over to the Royal Ulster Constabulary may be subsequently re-arrested by the police and so appear in both sets of figures.