To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of strip searches made on female persons in Her Majesty's prison Maghaberry monthly since March 1991; what were the numbers of persons involved and the number of times each person was searched; what prison contraband, smuggled item, or illegal correspondence was discovered in any search; in how many cases prisoners refused to be searched and had to be restrained while the search was being conducted; and what were the reasons for each search.
Details of the number of, and reasons for, strip searches of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison Maghaberry from June 1990 to March 1991 have already been provided, Official Report, columns 428–29, 7 May 1991. Details from April 1991 are as follows:
| April 1991 | May 1991 | June 1991 | |
| Number of Searches | |||
| Total number of searches carried out | 35 | 25 | 33 |
| Total number of inmates searched | 26 | 19 | 24 |
| Number of prisoners searched once | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| Number of prisoners searched twice | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Number of prisoners searched more than twice | Nil | 1 | 2 |
| Reasons for search | |||
| First admission on remand/awaiting trial | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| First admission on sentence/final discharge | 16 | 8 | 13 |
| Attending remand court | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Attending trial | 2 | Nil | Nil |
| Inter-prison visits | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Following prison visits | 1 | Nil | Nil |
| Pre-release home leave | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Compassionate home leave | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Visits to outside hospital | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Returning from bail application | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Attendance at court for bail | Nil | 1 | Nil |
| Fines paid | 2 | Nil | Nil |
| Working out scheme | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Bail granted | Nil | Nil | Nil |