HC Deb 01 February 1974 vol 868 cc186-9W
Mr. Wiggin

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of fatalities each month since the emergency in Ulster began, divided between the British Army, the Ulster Defence Regiment and civilians.

Year Army UDR RUC Civilians* Total
1969:
August 0
September 8 8
October 1 1
November 2 2
December 0
TOTAL 1969 1 10 11
1970:
January 0
February 0
March 0
April 0
May 0
June 7 7
July 2 2
August 2 2
September 1 1
October 0
November 2 2
December 1 1
TOTAL 1970 2 13 15
1971:
January 1 1
February 2 2 6 10
March 4 4
April 0
May 2 1 3
June 0
July 2 2
August 6 1 10 17
September 6 1 3 6 16
October 11 4 7 22
November 7 4 10 21
December 3 3 27 33
TOTAL 1971 43 5 13 68 129
1972:
January 3 1 4 3 11
February 5 2 0 6 13
March 5 4 4 15 28
April 7 1 0 9 17
May 8 1 0 24 33
June 16 2 1 15 34
July 17 2 2 65 86
August 17 3 0 26 46
September 11 2 0 25 38
October 4 3 2 25 34
November 5 2 2 6 15
December 4 3 2 23 32
TOTAL 1972 102 26 17 242 387
1973:
January 0 2 3 11 16
February 8 0 2 16 26
March 13 2 1 11 27
April 7 0 0 5 12
May 12 1 0 12 25
June 3 0 1 22 26
July 5 1 0 8 14
August 1 1 1 14 17
September 1 1 0 6 8

Mr. Peter Mills

The information is as follows:

Year Army UDR RUC Civilians* Total
1973:
October 1 1 2 4 8
November 4 0 0 12 16
December 2 0 3 6 11
TOTAL 1973 57 9 13 127 206
1974:
January 2 2 2 11 17
TOTAL AUGUST 1969—
JANUARY 1974 204 42 48 471 765
*The figures for civilians exclude those who were killed in circumstances which suggested that they were taking part in terrorist activities.