asked the Secretary of State for Defence what were the individual amounts in the eight cases where compensation has been paid for damage caused by interrogation in depth in Northern Ireland; and by what means and in what House of Commons documents parliamentary authority has been or will be sought for each payment.

Individual amounts paid as compensation in connection with interrogation in depth in Northern Ireland are as follows:

	£
Mr. J. P. Auld	16,000
Mr. J. Clarke	12,500
Mr. M. J. Donnelly	11,250
Mr. P. McClean	14,000
Mr. G. McKerr	10,000
Mr. P. McNally	11,250
Mr. M. J. Montgomery	500
Mr. P. Shivers	15,000

All payments arising from judicial proceedings are included within departmental funds voted by Parliament. Such payments are not presented individually to Parliament.