HC Deb 19 October 1988 vol 138 cc951-2W
Mr. A. Cecil Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums of money have been received or applied for by the Divis joint development committee in the past year from the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Employment Belfast action team; and what are the profits concerned.

Mr. Needham

For the financial year 1987–88 grants were paid as follows:

Number of Searches July August September
Attending trial — — —
Inter-prison visits — 1 1
Pre-release home leave 3 1 1
Visits to outside hospitals 2 — —
Released on bail — — 1

No prohibited article was found during these searches and no prisoner refused to be searched.