asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been convicted in the current year either on their own admission of guilt or following a plea of not guilty on the basis of evidence on behalf of the Crown given by alleged accomplices in cases concerning scheduled offences in Northern Ireland; how many suspects arrested on the basis of such evidence have been released as a result of the retraction of evidence given by accomplices; how many people are presently awaiting trial as a result of evidence obtained from alleged accomplices; and how many people have been found not guilty, or not guilty on appeal, on the basis of such evidence.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.