§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were arrested or detained in each police authority area for each month since July 1985 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act; what was the length of time each person was held; with what offences they were charged; and how many were served with exclusion orders.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 16 June 1986, c. 415]: The quarterly information available is given in the tables. During the period covered by the tables one exclusion order was made against a person detained under the Act.
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Length of detention 1985 1986 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 3 days and less than 4 days 4 8 1 4 days and less than 5 days 4 8 1 5 days and less than 6 days 2 6 3 6 days and less than 7 days — 9 — 7 days — — — Total 54 91 36 *Including those charged with a criminal offence or excluded, deported or removed. 632W
Persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984, by police force area Great Britain, 1 July 1985—31 March 1986 Number of persons Police force area 1985 1986 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter England and Wales Avon and Somerset 1 — — Derbyshire 4 — — Devon and Cornwall 1 — — Dorset 1 — — Essex — 5 — Greater Manchester 1 4 — Hampshire 6 — — Kent 2 4 — Lancashire 2 — 1 Leicestershire — 12 — Merseyside 3 12 1 Metropolitan Police 8 27 11 Sussex 4 1 2 West Midlands 3 1 — West Yorkshire — 1 — Dyfed Powys 2 — — Gwent 2 — — Scotland Strathclyde — 15 — Dumfries and Galloway 14 9 21 Total 54 91 36