Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were convicted in each of the years ended 31st December 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the latest available date for terrorist offences committed in (a) the city of Londonderry and (b) the county of Londonderry; and how many offences such convictions represented in each such period.
§ Mr. Mason,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th December 1976] gave the following information:
The following numbers of persons were convicted in Northern Ireland for offences 147W listed in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973:
Figures cannot be provided without disproportionate effort separately identifying convictions for offences committed in Londonderry city and Londonderry county; nor for the number of offences represented by the above figures for convictions.
1974 1,074 1975 1,087 1976 up to 31st August 1976 510