§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many persons were detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, in each year since its inception, indicating which paramilitary organisation was concerned and whether of republican or loyalist sympathy; and how many have subsequently been charged with offences which if they had been charged in Northern Ireland would have been scheduled offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and which sections of that Act;
(2) how many people have been held without bail under the Prevention of Terrorism Act each year since its inception; and how many have been charged with offences under the Act and which section, indicating in each category with which paramilitary organisation, if any, they were alleged to be associated.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information readily available centrally on persons detained under the prevention of 141W terrorism legislation in Great Britain is published quarterly in the series of Home Office statistical bulletins "Statistics on the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 and 1976". The additional information requested is not collated centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons he has served with exclusion orders each year since the inception of the Prevention of Terrorism Act; from which parts of the United Kingdom they have been excluded; how many would have been described as republican or loyalist supporters, and how many of them have been convicted of offences which were either scheduled offences under the emergency provisions Act or would have been if convicted in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartNone: exclusion orders made against persons in Great Britain are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report the number of detentions in the various police authorities in Scotland under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for each year since its inception, indicating how many persons so detained were subsequently charged with offences under the Act, how many were convicted, how many were served with exclusion orders and how many were charged with offences which in Northern Ireland would have been scheduled offences under the emergency provisions Act.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information readily available for each year 1974 to 1982 for the whole of Great Britain is published in tables 1, 3, 4, and 5 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin No. 1/83. Information readily available by Scottish police force area is given in the following table and relates to persons detained, excluded, or charged with offences in the period 29 November 1974 to 31 December 1982. The additional information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 and 1976 by police force area and whether made subject to an exclusion order, or charged with a criminal offence 29 November 1974 to 31 December 1982 Charged with offences Police Force Total detained Exclusion order made Prevention of Terrorism Others Central Scotland Police 3 — — 1 Dumfries and Galloway 1,112 67 20 19 Constabulary Fife Constabulary 5 — 3 1 Grampian Police 5 — — 1 Lothian and Borders Police 25 1 7 4 Northern 3 1 — — Constabulary Strathclyde Police 247 14 15 58 Tayside Police 3 2 — — Totals 1,403 85 45 84