§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show for each year since 1971 the number of extradition requests made by the Royal Ulster Constabulary for persons sought for terrorist offences and non-terrorist offences.
§ Mr. CopeThe information is as follows:
Year Terrorist offences Non-terrorist offences 1971 16 15 1972 10 8 1973 5 14 1974 6 24 1975 10 10 1976 14 20 1977 8 17 1978 7 33 1979 — 14 1980 5 18 1981 11 20 1982 3 34 1983 5 22 1984 1 13 1985 5 33 1986 6 — 1987 30 — 1988 5 1 1989 7 —