(2) whether special advocates have been employed in cases involving (a) criminal prosecutions where closed material is relied upon, (b) the Information Tribunal, (c) judicial review of Government decisions not to provide exculpatory material relating to Guantánamo detainees, (d) private law compensation claims from former Guantánamo detainees, (e) other judicial reviews where closed material is used, (f) decisions on the release and recall of prisoners involving the use of closed material under various statutory provisions in Northern Ireland and (g) the National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal Northern Ireland since their introduction.
I have been asked to reply.
The answers to the questions the hon. Member for Hendon has posed may most helpfully be put in the form of a table, which appears as follows. The table relates to the UK and has been prepared with the assistance of the Office of the Solicitor to the Advocate-General for Scotland.
Yes No Question 316606 (a) Control Orders x — (b) Special Immigration Appeals Commission x — (c) Asset Freezing x — (d) Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission x — (e) Security Vetting Appeals Panel x — (f) Employment Tribunal x — (g) Employment Appeal Tribunal x — (h) Race Discrimination claims under Race Relations Act 1976 — x Question 316618 (a) Criminal Prosecutions—in this context the advocates are known as “Special Counsel” x — (b) Information Tribunal x — (c) Guantanamo Detainees—Judicial Review x — (d) Former Guantanamo Detainees—Private Law Compensation claims — x (e) Other Judicial Reviews x — (f) Release and Recall of Prisoners under various statutory provisions in Northern Ireland x — (g) National Security Certificate Appeals Tribunal Northern Ireland x —