asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) questioned and (b) charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for each month since January 1984; and, of those questioned but not charged, what records of the questioning are retained by the police.

Under article 4 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Supplemental Temporary Provisions) Order 1984 there is a power to examine persons arriving in or leaving Great Britain. Such examinations often last for only a few minutes, but article 9 gives authority for the detention of persons pending the conclusion of his examination or pending consideration of the question whether to make an exclusion order against him. There are also powers to arrest and detain under section 12 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984.The number of people detained under article 9 and section 12, and charged under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1984 for each month since January 1984, is:

1984	Detained	Charged
January	11	—
February	16	2
March	29	—
April	19	1
May	19	1
June	10	—
July	29	2
August	9	—
September	8	2
October	15	—
November	20	3
December	18	2
Total	203	13
1985
January	20	—
February	6	—
March	7	1
April	19	1
May	13	1
June	56	8
July	18	—
August	17	1
September	21	—
Total	177	12

Records are not available for persons examined for less than one hour under article 4 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Supplemental Temporary Provisions) Order 1984. Figures for the number of people examined for more than one hour under article 4 are available only since 22 March 1984, when the 1984 Act came into force. They are:

1984	Number
March	—
April	7
May	9
June	2

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people questioned under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in Scotland were subsequently transferred to England for further questioning during the past two years.

Nine.