HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 c529W
Mr. Bellingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many people have been taken into custody after trespassing on Ministry of Defence land; and what was the minimum and maximum length of custody during the last five years;

(2) how many challenges to the validity of local byelaws in connection with Ministry of Defence property have been made during the last five years;

(3) how many people have been convicted and how many acquitted for trespassing on Ministry of Defence land during the last five years;

(4) how many people have been escorted from Ministry of Defence land as civil trespassers; and how many have been arrested for wilfully obstructing a police officer under section 51(3) of the Police Act 1964 during the last five years;

(5) how many people have been reported for process for trespassing on Ministry of Defence land; and how many were subsequently summoned during the last five years.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only by disproportionate effort.