HC Deb 24 April 1980 vol 983 cc208-9W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Attorney-General how many charges of scheduled offences have been withdrawn by the Director of Public Prosecutions against persons in Northern Ireland in each of the past 10 years.

The Attorney-General

Since 1976 the number of persons charged by the police with scheduled offences in respect of whom the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland subsequently directed no prosecution have averaged approximately 6 per cent. of the total charged and are as follows:

Year Number of Persons
1976 53
1977 72
1978 57
1979 65
1980 (to end of March) 12