§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland purs uant to the answer of 30 March 2004,Official Report, column 1332W, whether search and log records 110W for the night of 17 February 1978 have been retained in a location other than within the investigations file and HM Coroner's reports relating to the La Mon bombing. [165692]
§ Mr. PearsonFurther to the answer that my right hon. Friend (Jane Kennedy) gave the hon. Gentleman on 30 March 2004,Official Report, column 1332W, I am advised that further inquiries have been carried out as a result of the hon. Gentleman's Question by the District Commander of Castlereagh into the retention of any search records and logs for the La Mon bombing in 1978. The inquiries were carried out in Castlereagh District Command Unit, Ards District Command Unit and in other DCUs where persons were arrested in connection with the incident, however no search records or logs have come to light.
I understand that force policy in respect of search records was first issued in 1983.