§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is(a) the tonnage of explosives and (b) the number of firearms found as a ration of houses searched under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974, 1976 and 1984 for each year from 1974 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information is not available and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what has been the total number of people(a) detained, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act in each year since 1974; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures between men and women;
(2) if he will provide a breakdown of the people arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act for each year since 1974 (a) at ports; (b) at airports; (c) in their homes and (d) in other places; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures between men and women detainees.
§ Mr. HurdThe readily available information on those detained under the prevention of terrorism legislation in Great Britain is published quarterly in Home Office statistical bulletins which are placed in the Library; the latest, Issue 29/88, gives information on those detained up to the third quarter of 1988. Information on the outcome of charges following detention under this legislation is published in the end of year bulletins in this series; tables288W 6 and 7 of Issue 11/88 give the figures for those detained over the period of the current legislation. Figures relating to earlier legislation can be obtained from corresponding earlier bulletins in this series.