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Mr. Tom King
Statistics on the operation of the emergency provisions currently contained in the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 are held by a number of different Departments. Those statistics which are readily available are set out in the following tables. The tables show that the first year in which statistics were collected in the format set out varies. These tables will now form the base line for these statistics and will be updated at quarterly intervals.
| Table 1 |
| High Court bail applications made in 1985 in respect of persons charged with scheduled offences |
|
Number |
| Number of applications |
1,299 |
| Number granted |
801 |
| Number refused |
476 |
| Other outcomes1 |
22 |
| 1 This figure includes withdrawals and adjournments. |
| Table 2 |
|
Percentage of persons on bail at time of trial |
|
Persons charged with |
|
Scheduled offences per cent. |
Non-scheduled offences per cent. |
| 1978 |
39 |
75 |
| 1979 |
44 |
78 |
| 1980 |
38 |
81 |
| 1981 |
40 |
87 |
| 1982 |
52 |
86 |
| 1983 |
48 |
89 |
| 1984 |
58 |
85 |
| 1985 |
57 |
84 |
| Table 3: Number of persons tried for indictable scheduled offences by judge sitting without a jury, and outcome |
| Year |
Persons proceeded against |
Pleaded guilty |
Pleaded not guilty |
Found guilty |
Found not guilty |
| 1980 |
585 |
472 |
113 |
550 |
35 |
| 1981 |
598 |
490 |
108 |
562 |
36 |
| 1982 |
793 |
640 |
153 |
744 |
49 |
| 1983 |
638 |
464 |
174 |
577 |
61 |
| 1984 |
507 |
426 |
81 |
464 |
43 |
| 1985 |
698 |
552 |
146 |
625 |
73 |
| Percentage pleading not-guilty found not-guilty |
|
Percentage |
| 1980 |
31 |
| 1981 |
33 |
| 1982 |
32 |
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Percentage |
| 1983 |
35 |
| 1984 |
53 |
| 1985 |
50 |
| Table 4: Outcome of appeals lodged in 1985 following convictions for scheduled offences |
|
Number |
| Total number of appeals lodged |
65 |
| Total number of those appeals dealt with by June 1986 |
49 |
| Appeals dismissed |
19 |
| Convictions quashed |
2 |
| Sentence varied |
28 |
| Sentence upheld |
0 |
| Appeals outstanding at June 1986 |
16 |
| Table 5: Number of persons arrested by members of the armed forces under section 14 and by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary under sections 11 and 13 and number subsequently charged |
|
Section 14 |
Section 11 |
Section 13 |
Number charged |
| 1975 |
4,141 |
|
|
|
| 1976 |
8,321 |
|
|
|
| 1977 |
5,878 |
|
|
|
| 1978 |
3,692 |
1,186 |
— |
384 |
| 1979 |
2,572 |
2,035 |
— |
588 |
| 1980 |
1,629 |
1,719 |
— |
435 |
| 1981 |
1,993 |
2,555 |
— |
780 |
| 1982 |
1,288 |
1,901 |
— |
361 |
| 1983 |
476 |
1,222 |
— |
197 |
| 1984 |
241 |
1,326 |
— |
223 |
| 1985 |
142 |
986 |
2 |
202 |
| 19861 |
58 |
784 |
4 |
148 |
| 1 To 31 October. |
Notes:
Figures on sections 11 and 13 are only available from 1 june 1978.
Some of those arrested by members of the armed forces would be recorded in the RUC figures if they were subsequently handed over to the police.
| Table 8: Persons charged with offences under the Emergency Provisions Act after having been initially detained under the Act |
|
Membership of proscribed organisation (s. 21) |
Unlawful collecting of information (s. 22) |
Training in make/use of firearms/explosives (s.23) |
Dressing/behaving like member of proscribed organisation (s. 25) |
Wearing of hoods (s. 26) |
| 19781 |
127 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1979 |
134 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| 1980 |
43 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
| 1981 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| 1982 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1983 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1984 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 1985 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 19862 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
| 1 From 1 June. |
| 2 To 31 October. |
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| Table 6: Number of occasions on which premises were searched by members of the RUC and armed forces under section 15 |
|
Army |
|
2 RUC |
|
Occupied |
Unoccupied/Derelict |
Total |
|
| 1973 |
14,429 |
60,127 |
74,556 |
— |
| 1974 |
19,576 |
52,338 |
71,914 |
— |
| 1975 |
3,907 |
26,185 |
30,092 |
— |
| 1976 |
10,749 |
24,190 |
34,939 |
— |
| 1977 |
9,264 |
11,460 |
20,724 |
— |
| 1978 |
6,309 |
9,153 |
15,462 |
— |
| 1979 |
4,740 |
1,712 |
6,452 |
— |
| 1980 |
2,960 |
1,146 |
4,106 |
— |
| 1981 |
2,420 |
1,684 |
4,104 |
— |
| 1982 |
2,979 |
1,066 |
4,045 |
— |
| 1983 |
693 |
800 |
1,493 |
— |
| 1984 |
769 |
513 |
1,282 |
— |
| 1985 |
446 |
366 |
812 |
— |
|
|
|
|
11,852 |
| 1986 1 |
564 |
506 |
1,070 |
— |
|
|
|
271,051 |
|
| 1To the end of October. |
| 2To end of 1985. |
| Table 7: Compensation payments under section 28 |
| Financial year |
Amount £ |
| 1973–74 1 |
34,156 |
| 1974–75 |
27,848 |
| 1975–76 |
122,529 |
| 1976–77 |
133,797 |
| 1977–78 |
108,890 |
| 1978–79 |
82,845 |
| 1979–80 |
148,571 |
| 1980–81 |
157,073 |
| 1981–82 |
115,375 |
| 1982–83 |
143,619 |
| 1983–84 |
174,240 |
| 1984–85 |
235,384 |
| 1985–86 2 |
157,893 |
| 1 Includes payments under the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act 1922. |
| 2 To the end of September 1986. |
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| Table 9: Number of requisition orders and derequisition orders under section 19 |
| Year |
Requisition Orders |
Derequisition Orders |
| 1973 |
0 |
— |
| 1974 |
2 |
— |
| 1975 |
1 |
— |
| 1976 |
13 |
— |
| 1977 |
5 |
— |
| 1978 |
1 |
— |
| 1979 |
9 |
— |
| 1980 |
1 |
1 |
| 1981 |
5 |
3 |
| 1982 |
1 |
1 |
| 1983 |
4 |
3 |
| 1984 |
2 |
0 |
| 1985 |
16 |
2 |
| 1986 |
2 |
2 |