HC Deb 28 February 1975 vol 887 c271W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have now 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 Jenkins

267 people have been detained in Great Britain under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act and the supplemental order made under it. Nineteen have been charged with offences in Great Britain, eight of them with murder, one with conspiracy to cause an explosion, six with unlawful possession of explosives, two with theft, one with robbery and one with assisting offenders. In addition, one was returned to the Irish Republic and there charged with robbery.

Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have now been charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act; and under which sections of the Act the charges have been brought.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Three in Great Britain, under Section 1(1)(b) of the Act.