§ Mr. F. Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many members of E.O.K.A. were killed or captured by the security forces in Cyprus in each month since April, 1955.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe following figures are of persons, who might be presumed to be members of E.O.K.A., killed in terrorist attacks on the security forces.
Month Killed 1955— September … … … … 1 December … … … … 1 1956— February … … … … 1 March … … … … 2 April … … … … 1 May … … … … 1 July … … … … 1 As regards the second part of the Question, I assume that the hon. Member requires figures of persons detained and convicted on charges connected with terrorism. The figures are as follows:
Of these, 54 detained persons have been released and 10 have escaped.
Month Detained Convicted 1955 April … nil nil May … nil 30 June … nil 11 July … 13 1 August … 66 nil September … 22 3 October … 18 27 November … 43 28 December … 17 43 1956 January … 18 38 February … 25 32 March … 42 27 April … 35 24 May … 47 12 June … 69 30 July (to 27th) … 70 88