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Mr. Flannery
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in each of the last 24 months have been detained in Castlereagh police station under the Emergency Provisions Act and the Prevention of Terrorism Act; how many have been charged with a criminal offence; and how many of those have been convicted.
| Detained 1978 | Charged 1978 | Detained 1979 | Charged 1979 | Detained 1980 | Charged 1980 | |||
| January | … | … | 136 | 34 | 127 | 42 | 123 | 40 |
| February | … | … | 167 | 51 | 129 | 57 | 106 | 40 |
| March | … | … | 136 | 52 | 143 | 56 | ||
| April | … | … | 112 | 37 | 93 | 41 | ||
| May | … | … | 126 | 54 | 116 | 36 | ||
| June | … | … | 97 | 42 | 106 | 49 | ||
| July | … | … | 118 | 47 | 87 | 29 | ||
| August | … | … | 126 | 46 | 127 | 56 | ||
| September | … | … | 121 | 50 | 157 | 43 | ||
| October | … | … | 136 | 49 | 137 | 38 | ||
| November | … | … | 96 | 32 | 98 | 31 | ||
| December | … | … | 87 | 34 | 78 | 32 | ||
| Total | … | 1,458 | 528 | 1,398 | 510 |
Mr. Flannery
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of those people detained in Castlereagh police station in each of the previous 24 months, how many have been convicted solely or mainly on an admission of guilt; and of what offences.
Mr. Alison
The information requested is not readily available and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.