§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of Stale for the Home Department how many people have been convicted, year by year since 1969, of terrorist offences other than offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts 1974 and 1976; and how many of these people had previously been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts.
§ Mr. MayhewThere are no terrorist offences as such in English law. Information on circumstances of offences is not collected centrally except for offences of homicide. The numbers of offences currently recorded as homicide which are attributed to acts of terrorism are published annually in Criminal Statistics, England and Wales (table 10.4 of the volume for 1979 (Cmnd. 8098)) and the numbers of persons convicted of such offences are shown in the following table; none of these persons had previously been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts.
The information available on persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 and 1976 and charged with offences other than under the Acts is published quarterly in Home Office"Statistical Bulletins" (Table 5 of Issue No. 1/81).
Persons convicted of offences of homicide attributed to acts of terrorism England and Wales Number of persons 1969 — 1970 — 1971 — 1972 1 1973 — 1974 1 1975 10 1976 — 1977 5 1978 — 1979 2