HC Deb 14 March 1975 vol 888 cc257-8W
Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents have been monitored by incident centres since the beginning of the cease-fire ; how many of these were reported by centres run by the security forces ; and how many by centres run by the Provisional IRA.

Mr. Merlyn Rees:

Since Government incident centres were set up on 15th February, 293 incidents have been reported to them. Of these, 62 were reported by the new loans advanced to, and receipts repaid by, all borrowers from the Public Works Loan Board for the relevant period:

sary, provisional figures or best estimates for the latter year ; and what were the comparable rates for the four preceding lustra, viz. 1964 to 1969, 1959 to 1964, 1954 to 1959 and 1949 to 1954.

Mr. Robert Sheldon :

I will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.