§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the total grant aid to sports councils in Northern Ireland for each year since 1974–75.
§ Mr. ConcannonThe total amounts of grant paid by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland to the Sports Council for Northern Ireland are as follows:
(iv) Weight of explosives in bombs and devices neutralised.
(v) Number of malicious fires.
(vi) Number of armed robberies and amount stolen.
(vii) Number of deaths and injuries of RUC/RUC "R", Army and civilians (including sectarian and interfactional assassinations).
Part II—Statistics of Security Forces' Activity
Yearly totals for 1971–77.
Quarterly totals for the first two quarters of 1978.
Statistics for Security Forces' Activity comprise the following:
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- (i) Number of houses searched.
- (ii) Number of weapons, pounds of explosives and rounds of ammunition found.
- (iii) Number of people charged with serious security type offences: (murder, attempted murder, explosives offences, firearms offences, armed robbery, and other offences relating to the security situation, eg arson, membership of illegal organisations, etc.)
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STATISTICS ON SECURITY—PART I 1978 quarterly figures Yearly figures 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 January-March April-June Shooting incidents … … 1,756 10,628 5,018 3,206 1,803 1,908 1,081 235 183 Explosions … … 1,022 1,382 978 685 399 766 366 127 71 Bombs neutralised … … 493 471 542 428 236 426 169 56 29 Weight of explosives (in lbs.)*: In explosions … … 10,972 47,472 47,472 46,435 13,753 17,596 2,839 641 2,271.5 Neutralised … … 3,001 19,978 32,450 27,094 11,159 16,252 2,188 1,268.5 1,262.5 Armed robberies … … 437 1,931 1,215 1,231 1,201 813‡ 591 148 127 Amount stolen (£) … … 303,787 790,687 612,015 572,951 572,105 545,497 446,988 56,507 58,822 Malicious fires† … … 587 636 248 453 432 62 63 Deaths: Civilians† (Sectarian and international assassinations† shown in brackets). … … 115 322 171 166 216 245 69 20 12 (122) (87) (95) (144) (121) (42) (3) (6) Army/UDR … … 48 129 66 35 20 29 29 8 2 RUC/RUC 'R' … … 11 17 13 15 11 23 14 2 5 Injuries: Civilians … … 1,838 3,813 1,812 1,680 2,044 2,162 1,027 147 91 Army/UDR … … 390 578 548 483 167 264 188 41 40 RUC/RUC 'R' … … 315 485 291 235 263 303 183 36 31 * Estimated weight only. † Consolidated figures not available for earlier years. ‡ These totals have been revised.
STATISTICS ON SECURITY—PART 11 Yearly figures 1978 quarterly figures 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 January-March April-June Houses searched† … … 17,262 36,617 74,556 74,914 30,002 34,919 20,724 5,987 4,399 Finds: Firearms … … 717 1,264 1,595 1,260 825 837 590 111 120 Ammunitions (rounds) … … 157,944 183,410 187,399 147,202 73,604 70,306 52,091 12,610 13,044 Explosives (lbs.) … … 2,748 41,488 38,418 26,120 11,565 21,714 3,809 205.5 410 ICOs made … … 75 512 312 11 0 0 0 0 422W423W
Persons charged with serious security-type offences* 31st July-31st December January-March April-June 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1978 Murder … … 13 71 75 138 120 131 14 29 Attempted murder … … 16 85 75 88 121 135 30 24 Firearms offences … … 242 631 544 460 353 301 67 44 Explosives offences … … 86 236 161 100 215 146 40 9 Theft Act … … 111 186 232 314 188 203 45 40 Other … … 63 205 275 97 279 392 65 68 531 1,414 1,362 1,197 1,276 1,308 261 214 * These figures are not available in consolidated form for earlier years. † Includes occupied and unoccupied houses searched. 424W
PERSONS CONVICTED AND SENTENCES IMPOSED AT BELFAST CITY COMMISSION—JANUARY TO JUNE 1978 Notes on the Table: 1. The office classifications are based on those used by the Crown and Peace Office in their annual return. 2. The table relates to persons convicted at the Belfast City Commission. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment. 3. Some jury trials are included in cases where the Attorney-General certified our of the scheduled mode of trial, i.e. non-terrorist serious offences. 4. Where a person has been convicted of more than one offence, only the most serious or that which received the longest sentence is recorded in the statistics. Imprisonment Offence Number convicted Noncustodial sentence Borstal or training centre Less than 2 years 2 years and less than 5 years 5 years and less than 7 years 7 years and less than 10 years 10 years and less than 15 years 15 years and less than 20 years 20 years and over Life Murder 23 — — — — — — — — — 23 Attempted murder 20 — — — 1 — 1 3 10 — 5 Conspiracy to murder 3 — — — — 1 1 1 — — — Manslaughter 6 — — — 1 — 2 — 3 — — Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm 9 1 2 — 2 1 1 2 — — — Causing explosion 29 — — — 1 — 2 13 10 2 1 Placing explosives — — — — — — — — — — — Possessing explosives with intent 14 — — — 1 1 2 4 6 — — Possessing firearm with intent 24 5 1 — 3 5 4 5 1 — — Causing grievous bodily harm 9 2 1 — 2 2 1 l — — Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 4 — 1 1 2 — — — — — — Possessing a firearm 28 3 — 6 11 6 1 l — — — Carrying a firearm with intent 12 7 — — 3 — 2 — — — — Intimidation 3 2 — 1 — — — — — — — Aggravated burglary 9 3 1 1 3 1 — — — — — Robbery 93 23 10 2 10 25 8 12 3 — — Hijacking 63 40 2 — 11 2 5 1 2 — — Arson 16 5 1 — 3 — 5 2 — — — Malicious damage 7 4 1 2 — — — — — — — Other explosive offences 10 3 — — 4 1 — 2 — — — Petrol bomb offences 10 6 — 1 2 1 — — — — — Common law riot — — — — — — — — — — — Escape offences 4 1 — — 3 — — — — — — Assisting offenders 4 1 — — 3 — — — — — — Other major firearms offences 17 8 2 — 5 2 — — —" —