§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of prisoners appearing on disciplinary charges before boards of visitors in each year since the Tarrant judgment who applied for and were granted legal representation.
§ Mr. John PattenThis information cannot be provided in the form requested. Since the Tarrant judgment in November 1983 legal representation is known to have been granted to over 300 prisoners appearing on disciplinary charges before boards of visitors.
Year Monochrome Colour Total Convictions March 1983 90,174 183,758 273,932 341 March 1984 83,818 192,553 276,371 574 March 1985 79,357 199,055 278,412 645 March 1986 75,724 194,941 270,665 736 March 1987 74,061 196,539 270,600 818
§ Mr. McCuskerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many successful prosecutions against television licence evaders in Northern Ireland during the past five years have been taken as a result of information obtained from (a) detector vans and (b) search warrants;
(2) how many search warrants have been sought during the past 12 months in Northern Ireland to detect television licence evasion.
§ Mr. RentonDetector van equipment has not been used in Northern Ireland. One conviction for licence evasion