§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; how many have been subsequently charged with offences; and with what offences they have been charged.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsAn extension of the period of detention under Section 7 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act has been approved in 102 cases. A further 290 have been detained for 48 hours or less under Section 7 of the Act. 374 people have been detained pending examination at the ports under the supplemental order made under the Act.
Thirty-two people have been charged with offences in Great Britain, eight of them with murder, three with attempted murder, one with conspiracy to cause an 422W explosion, six with unlawful possession of explosives, four with conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life, six with theft, one with robbery, one with burglary, one with assisting offenders and one with causing criminal damage. In addition, one has been returned to the Irish Republic and there charged with robbery.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; and under which sections of the Act have the charges been brought.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThree in Great Britain, under Section 1 (1)(b) of the Act.
§ Mr. Carsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many loyalists from Northern Ireland have been convicted since January 1971 for violence by shooting or bombing in England and Wales;
(2) how many members of the IRA or IRA sympathisers have been convicted of violence by shooting or bombing in England and Wales, since January 1971.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe criminal statistics do not contain the information sought by the hon. Member.