§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if, further to his reply, Official Report, 30 June, col. 429, to the hon. Member for Stretford, he will give a breakdown of the numbers of murders in the counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone respectively over each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Humphrey AtkinsAs I said in my previous answer, police records are kept according to police divisional areas rather than counties. The number of murders in the last 10 years in police divisions "L" and "M" broken down by years is:
"L" "M" 1970 — — 1971 7 — 1972 17 7 1973 8 15 1974 5 12 1975 3 6 1976 4 6 1977 4 7 1978 2 5 1979 6 7 1980 (to 2 July) 6 — 62 65