§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details, from the date of direct rule to the present, of the number of soldiers, police or Ulster Defence Regiment men shot or injured and the number of civilians shot or injured by Irish Republican Army gunmen.
§ Mr. David HowellIn the period 30th March, 1972, to 22nd May, 1972, 10 Regular soldiers, two members of the Ulster Defence Regiment and 19 civilians died of gunshot wounds as a result of terrorist activity. No policemen were killed during this period.
In the period 30th March, 1972, to 18th May, 1972, the latest date to which 530W figures are available, 49 soldiers and members of the Ulster Defence Regiment and eight policemen received hospital treatment for gunshot wounds as a result of terrorist activity. Figures of civilians injured by shooting are not readily available.