4 I. ACTIVITIES IN 1994 A. Visits 1. The CPT carried out four periodic visits during 1994: in chronological order, to Spain (10 to 22 April); the United Kingdom (15 to 31 May); Austria (27 September to 7 October) and Hungary (1 to 14 November). In the case of the first three countries, this was the second occasion on which they had been visited on a periodic basis. The CPT also carried out a visit of a follow-up nature to Turkey (from 16 to 28 October 1994), with a view to examining developments since the Committee's Public Statement of 15 December 1992 (on which, see the CPT's 3rd General Report - CPT/Inf (93) 12, paragraphs 9 to 12). 2. In its 4th General Report, the CPT indicated that 25 visiting days had been set aside for visits to be organised in the course of 1994, in the light of information received, it being emphasised that often those visits would be brief and targeted at particular places of detention or situations (cf. CPT/Inf (94) 12, paragraph 22). Five such ad hoc visits were carried out in 1994: to Spain (from 10 to 14 June); the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (25 June to 2 July); France - Department of Martinique (3 to 7 July) and Paris (20 to 23 July); and Sweden (23 to 26 August). Attention should be drawn in particular to the ad hoc visit to Spain, which was carried out at very short notice and focused on interviewing a number of persons who had recently been detained by the law enforcement agencies. It might be also be noted that the second visit to France and the visit to Sweden were targeted at places which had previously been visited in the course of a periodic visit, respectively the "Dépôt" of the Préfecture de Police in Paris and Stockholm Remand Prison. 3. The places of detention visited by CPT delegations in 1994 are set out in Appendix 3. In addition to prisons and establishments of the law enforcement agencies, the Committee has continued to pay particular attention to holding facilities for foreigners. Further, there were an increased number of visits to institutions for minors. 4. With some isolated exceptions, the cooperation received by visiting delegations from national authorities at ministerial level has continued to be very good. Cooperation received at places of detention during 1994 was also, on the whole, quite satisfactory. However, from time to time, delegations encountered difficulties in gaining rapid access to detention facilities; in some cases, access was delayed for up to an hour, and the presentation of credentials signed by a member of Government did not always prove sufficient to overcome the problem.