§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing how many persons have been killed or injured each year since August 1969 as a result of action taken by the Army, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Ulster Defence Regiment, the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve, and the Ulster Defence Regiment Reserve.
§ Mr. PriorThe following table shows the number of deaths arising out of action by the security forces during incidents connected with the security situation in Northern Ireland:
Date Security forces involved Army UDR RUC 1 August–31 December 1969 2 — 5 1970 5 — — 1971 42 — 1 1972 62 1 3 1973 26 2 3 1974 13 — — 1975 6 — — 1976 12 — 2 1977 7 — — 1978 10 — — 1979 1 — — 1980 4 — 2 1981 11 1 5 1 January–1 May 1982 2 1 — Police records are not kept in such a way as to distinguish between cases involving the RUC and RUC Reserve or between cases involving a full-time and part-time UDR.
Information regarding the number of persons injured as a result of security force action is not available.