HC Deb 16 March 1994 vol 239 c669W
Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions under section 31 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 have been undertaken in each year since 1979; in what countries the defendants were serving; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maclean

Information on procedures instituted under section 31 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948, as amended by schedule 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 are not collected centrally by my Department.