§ Mr. DoddsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of riotous behaviour where CCTV evidence has been used in each year since 2000. [103256]
§ Jane KennedyThe research required to provide a full answer to this question represents a disproportionate cost when account is taken of convictions secured using town centre cameras, etc.
The hon. Member may be interested to know that since the PSNI CCTV network in north Belfast became operational last year, 98 people have been convicted of various public disorder offences, including riotous behaviour, using CCTV footage as evidence.
§ Mr. DoddsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been charged with(a) scheduled offences and (b) non-scheduled offences arising out of public disorder in Northern Ireland in each year since 1996. [103257]
§ Jane KennedyWhile the police collate a range of information on arrests and charges related to the security situation, they do not distinguish between those that are of a public disorder nature and those that are not except for the most serious of offences. The following table provides details of the number of persons charged for terrorist and serious public order offences since 1996 to the end of January 2003.