§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were charged in Northern Ireland with non-scheduled types of offences and how many persons were found not guilty of all or some of the offences with which they were charged in each of the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. ScottThe information requested is not available in the form requested but the following details are available.
The number of persons proceeded against for nonscheduled offences in the years 1980, 1981 and 1982 were 26,110; 39,871 and 41,606 respectively. Records on findings of guilt relate only to the principal offence in each case; on that basis, the number of persons found not guilty of non-scheduled offences in the years in question were 1,395; 2,345 and 2,613 respectively.