Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the statistics for terrorist activity and security forces' activity in Northern Ireland for the year ended 31 December 1984.
§ Mr. HurdThe statistics on security for each year since 1971, including those for the year ended 31 December 1984, together with the conviction statistics for the last six months of 1984, are as follows:
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Offence Number convicted Non-custodial sentence Young offenders centre training schools 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 Possessing a firearm 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Robbery 44 25 7 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 Attempted robbery 9 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burglary 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Membership of illegal organisations 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Contributing to resources of a proscribed organisation 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Possession of an offensive weapon 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hijacking 16 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arson 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Petrol bomb offences 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Escape offences 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assisting offenders 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possessing prohibited articles 13 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Common law riot 14 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 158 75 20 33 7 7 9 2 1 4 Notes on the tables:
1. The offence classifications are based on those used by the Crown and Peace Office in its annual return.
2. The tables relate to persons convicted at the Belfast Crown court. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment.
3. Some jury trials are included in cases where the Attorney General certified out of the schedule mode of trial, ie 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.