§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list the headings under which police and court databases in Northern Ireland record(a) arrests, charges and convictions, (b) the personal details of individuals who are arrested, charged or convicted and (c) the employment details of individuals arrested, charged or convicted; and if the databases contain information on the numbers of individuals (i) whose employment may change from the time of their arrest to the time of their conviction and (ii) arrested, charged or convicted who may have served part-time or full-time in Her Majesty's armed forces or the Royal Ulster Constabulary. [69879]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 8 February 1999]: Details of the fields of information held by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in its Court database are as follows:
127WThis database does not contain information on the numbers of individuals whose employment may change from the time of their arrest to the time of their conviction.
Information recorded on court databases Belfast Crown Court Belfast and Newtownabbey magistrates courts (a) Arrests Not recorded Not recorded Charges Number against each defendant per offence category: Number against each defendant per offence category: Murder Indictable—Crown Court only Manslaughter Indictable—Tried Summarily Wounding Major motoring Burglary and Robbery Minor motoring Fraud and Forgery Other Summary Sexual Offences Criminal Damage Offences against the State Drugs Theft and unauthorised taking Convictions Number per defendant Number per defendant (b) Personal details of individuals arrested, charged or convicted Not recorded Not recorded (c) Employment details of individuals arrested, charged or convicted Not recorded Not recorded These databases do not contain information on the numbers of individuals (i) whose employment may change from the time of their arrest to the time of their conviction or on those individuals (ii) arrested, charged or convicted who may have served part-time or full-time in Her Majesty's armed forces or the Royal Ulster Constabulary.