§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many crimes have been committed in South Armagh by IRA terrorists since 10th February 1975; how many persons have been made amenable for these crimes and what were their sentences; how many persons have been charged with these crimes; and how many persons are awaiting trial for these crimes;
2) how many of the crimes attributable to IRA terrorism in the South Armagh area have as yet no arrests recorded against them and remain unsolved.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th December 1975; Vol. 901, c. 760], gave the following information:
I regret that these statistics cannot be provided since it is often impossible to establish with certainty which group is responsible for a particular crime.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many murders of civilians in South Armagh have not been solved.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th December 1975; Vol. 901, c. 759–60], gave the following information:
Since February 1975, twelve.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many murders of UDR personnel and 798W how many murders of other Army personnel, are unsolved;
(2) how many murders of RUC personnel are unsolved;
(3) how many murders of RUCR personnel are unsolved.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th December 1975; Vol. 901, c. 760], gave the following information:
Charges have not yet been brought in respect of the murders of six members of the UDR, eight members of the Regular Army, six members of the RUC and four members of the RUCR, committed since 1st January 1975.