§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show for each year since 1 January 1968 the number of terrorist incidents by category in which they were recorded in police records, the sums of(a) criminal damage and (b) personal injury, assessed by his Department in each year as arising from those incidents, the sums claimed, and the sums paid in each year to the latest available date.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 14 January 1992]: It is not known precisely how many terrorist incidents there have been since 1968. However, information about 699W terrorist crime is published in the annual report of the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and his 1990 report, a copy of which is in the Library, provides information for the years 1969–1990. Information about criminal damage and criminal injury claims is not held in the form requested but such information as is readily available is set out in the following table:
Total compensation paid in settled claims which were terrorist related Financial year of settlement Criminal Damage £ million Criminal Injuries £ million 1979–80 24.8 1.2 1980–81 34.2 5.1 1981–82 26.4 3.5 1982–83 24.4 3.9 1983–84 21.4 4.6 1984–85 22.0 5.5 1985–86 15.9 7.9 1986–87 18.0 4.2 1987–88 9.9 4.3 1988–89 16.2 5.6 1989–90 15.3 6.3 1990–91 17.3 7.5 11991–92 14.6 7.1 1To 18 December 1991. Amounts exclude costs paid to applicants for making out and verifying their claims.