§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at how many locations in Northern Ireland petrol bombs were thrown at the RUC and the Army on 6 and 7 July. [7804]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 14 July 1997]: The information is not available in the format requested, however, during the 24 hour period up to 6.00 am on 7 July 1997, there were 683 petrol bombing incidents in 22 Police Sub-divisions and in the following 24 hour period there were 753 incidents in 24 Sub-divisions. Each incident usually involves the throwing of more than one petrol bomb; therefore the number of petrol bombs thrown was substantially higher than the number of incidents.
§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many petrol bombs were thrown at the RUC and the Army in Portadown on 6 July. [7803]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 14 July 1997]: The information is not available in the format requested, however, from 1800 hours on 5 July to 0600 hours on 7 July 1997 there were ten petrol bombing incidents in Portadown. Each incident usually involves the throwing of more than one petrol bomb; therefore the number of petrol bombs thrown was substantially higher than the number of incidents.