Prevention Of Terrorism Mr. Corbyn 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. Mr. Giles Shaw 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 | ----------- |January | ----------- |February | ----------- |March | ----------- |April | ----------- |May | ----------- |June | ----------- |July | ----------- |August | ----------- |September| ----------- |October | ----------- |November | ----------- |December | ----------- |January | ----------- |February | ----------- |March | ----------- |April | ----------- |May | ----------- |June | ----------- |July | ----------- |August | ----------- |September| ----------- 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 | ------- |March| ------- |April| ------- |May | ------- |June | ------- ----------- |July | ----------- |August | ----------- |September| ----------- |October | ----------- |November | ----------- |December | ----------- |January | ----------- |February | ----------- |March | ----------- |April | ----------- |May | ----------- |June | ----------- |July | ----------- |August | ----------- |September| ----------- Records of all persons examined for more than one hour under article 4 or detained under article 9 or section 12 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act are kept by the police. Mr. Corbyn 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. Mr. Giles Shaw Nine.