To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times police exercised powers under section 22 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 to engage in post-charge questioning of terrorist suspects in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and how many times police have exercised such powers in 2010 to date.

The provisions on post-charge questioning in Section 22 of Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 have not been commenced. The police have, therefore, not exercised this power to date. As part of the Government's urgent review of pre-charge detention, the Government will be considering whether and if so how post-charge questioning might be used.