§ 22. Mr. BluntTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the number of punishment beatings since the Good Friday agreement; and in how many of the cases charges have been laid against alleged perpetrators. [76700]
§ Mr. IngramSince the Good Friday agreement, to 11 March, there have been 161 paramilitary-style assaults, 102 by Loyalists and 59 by Republicans. There have been 66 paramilitary-style shootings, 39 by Loyalists and 27 by Republicans.
Charges are made on the basis of specific offences, for example, common assault, grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm. The database does not record separately those which are deemed to be paramilitary-style and it is therefore not possible to provide information on the number of persons who have been made amenable for these attacks.