§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information requested is given in the table. The figures include those detained in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
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Number of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism legislation detained in connection with Northern Irish terrorism Number of persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism legislation detained in connection with international terrorism1 1982 1,048 — 1983 1,366 — 1984 1,067 44 1985 1,137 73 1986 1,456 55 1987 1,643 41 1988 1,887 16 1989 17,46 18 1990 1,718 24 1991 21,702 32 Total 14,770 303 1 The power to detain persons in connection with international terrorism came into effect on 22 March 1984 with the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984. 2 Provisional figure.
§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons who emanated(a) from the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years;
(2) for each of the last five years, how many persons who emanated from the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts on more than one occasion.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who emanated from(a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland were charged with offences following detention under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerStatistics on those detained under the prevention of terrorism legislation are not kept in the form requested. The total numbers of people detained under the legislation and subsequently charged with offences are given in the table.
Persons detained in connection with Northern Ireland terrorism and subsequently charged with offences 1Total Persons detained in connection with international terrorism and subsequently charged with offences Total 1982 22 — 1983 31 — 1984 23 28 1985 38 15 1986 31 5 1987 17 8 1988 18 3 1989 18 3 1990 25 3 1991 7 — 1 The figures given relate to those detained on the mainland of Great Britain only. Details of those detained under the legislation in Northern Ireland and subsequently charged with offences are not kept in the form requested. However, 3,983 such people were charged with offences during the period 29 November 1984 to 30 September 1991.2 The power to detain persons in connection with international 520W terrorism came into effect on 22 March 1984 with the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984.
§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who emanated from(a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland have been excluded from Great Britain following detention under the terms of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information available is given in the table.
Total Number of people removed to Northern Ireland Number of people removed to the Republic of Ireland 1982 11 10 1 1983 13 12 1 1984 1 1 — 1985 2 2 — 1986 7 7 — 1987 15 14 1 1988 16 11 5 1989 9 9 — 1990 15 12 3 1991 10 7 3 The figures given show the number of people removed to Northern Ireland or to the Republic of Ireland in each year. In addition, 11 exclusion orders were made in Northern Ireland during this period. Nine of the orders excluded people from the whole of the United Kingdom and two excluded people from Northern Ireland only.
§ Mr. BerminghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who have emanated from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts in the Metropolitan police area for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information is not available in the form requested. However, the total number of people detained under the prevention of terrorism legislation in the Metropolitan police district in each of the last three years is as follows: 521W
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