HC Deb 16 March 1979 vol 964 cc392-4W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will state in the Official Report how many persons in Northern Ireland have been convicted of scheduled offences as a result of their own confessions; how many of these confessions were obtained in Castlereagh police station; in how many cases confessions have been ruled inadmissible in trials for scheduled offences; and how many prisoners at present on the blanket in Northern Ireland were convicted of scheduled offences on the basis of their own confession.

Mr. Mason

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.