§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many plastic bullets have been fired in Northern Ireland during each month since August 1993, to date; how many people have been injured by plastic bullets over the same period; and if he will make a statement.[4619]
§ Sir John Wheeler[holding answer 11 December 1995]: The number of plastic baton rounds fired in Northern Ireland during each month from August 1993 to 30 November 1995 and the number of people injured over this period are as follows:
Month Total number fired Number of alleged injuries 1993 September 3 0 October 303 7 November 8 0 December 0 0 1994 January 1 0 February 2 0 March 10 1 April 0 0 May 142 7 June 9 1 July 23 0 August 37 0 September 5 2 October 20 2 November 0 0 December 0 0 1995 January 0 0 February 0 0 March 3 0 April 0 0 May 0 0 June 2 1 July 154 5 August 114 1 September 0 0 October 0 0 November 0 0 Total 836 27