§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals excluded under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974, 1976 or 1984 and who attended an interview with the Metropolitan police as part of the representations in the review of their order subsequently had a new exclusion order made against them.
§ Mr. HurdFifty people are recorded in Home Office records as having had interviews with the Metropolitan police as part of a review of an exclusion order made in Great Britain under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 or 1976. In 16 of these cases a fresh exclusion order was made or the existing one was not revoked.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a person, examined under article 4 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Supplemental Temporary Provisions) Order 1984 and subsequently held beyond the 12-hour initial period on grounds of reasonable suspicion, is subject to the same rights and safeguards awarded to an individual detained under section 12 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what opportunity will be available to an excluded individual to make representations to the Home Office if the police apply for a new exclusion order 56W under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 to be issued against the person when the previous order expires.
§ Mr. HurdWhen someone is excluded for the first time, or a fresh exclusion order is made against them, under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984, he or she will be told how their order will be reviewed, and how, at the time of the review, they may make representations. People excluded under that Act will also be contacted near the time the order against them is due to expire, and invited to make representations to the Home Office.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) how many persons making representations following their exclusion under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974, 1976 or 1984 were offered an interview with a Home Office adviser at a venue other than at Castlereagh holding centre, (b) where those venues were and (c) how many of those declined to attend.
§ Mr. HurdOnly under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 have people who make representations against an exclusion order following their removal from Great Britain or the United Kingdom had the right to an interview with a Home Office adviser.
(a) In 14 of the 21 cases in which such interviews have taken place or been arranged following representations against exclusion orders made in Great Britain under that Act, the person excluded has been offered an interview at Castlereagh RUC station (which is a separate building from Castlereagh holding centre). In the remaining seven cases interviews were offered at other places.
(b) These other places were Commonwealth house, Belfast; Her Majesty's prison Maze; British embassy, Dublin; and Dungannon RUC station.
(c) None.