Written question asked by Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 3 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many persons arrested by British service personnel in Iraq have been in custody for over a year without charges having been brought against them.

Answer: Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons arrested by British service personnel in Iraq have been in custody for over a year without charges having been brought against them. [215479] Mr. Ingram: Two internees originally taken into custody by the United Kingdom have been held for more than a year. Both are held at the Divisional Temporary Detention Facility in Basrah Province. They were interned on the basis that they represented an imperative threat to security and not on the basis that they were suspected of any specific criminal offence.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1211W; 215479
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Detainees Armed forces Arrests Armed conflict Custody Iraq Prosecutions Iraq conflict
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk