Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report a table
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Armed robberies Amount stolen Punishment Shooting Shooting incidents Explosions Deaths 1977: January … … … 65 18,068 16 121 50 13 February … … … 45 13,756 7 89 23 13 March … … … 54 14,722 21 121 49 14 April … … … 63 233,198 10 109 36 17 May … … … 26 26,924 10 140 34 13 June … … … 19 20,360 5 81 17 9 July … … … 52 27,318 8 105 7 10 August … … … 37 27,856 5 120 20 7 September … … … 42 7,884 26 61 6 3 October … … … 55 15,892 4 57 8 6 November … … … 86 26,622 4 26 48 4 December … … … 47 16,288 10 51 68 3 1978: January … … … 49 21,728 7 64 71 2 February … … … 39 18,319 4 67 46 21 March … … … 60 16,460 7 104 10 7 April … … … 46 29,202 2 51 8 4 May … … … 42 10,008 6 70 31 2 June … … … 39 19,612 9 62 32 13 showing for each month in 1977 and 1978 to end of June the number of armed holdups, kneecappings, shootings, bombings and murders in each of Royal Ulster Constabulary divisions, Divisions A to F being shown together, and indicate the sums taken and the number of murders in each area for which no one has been charged.
§ Mr. Mason, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 4th July 1978] gave the following information:
The table below relates to Northern Ireland as a whole information in respect of each RUC Division is not readily available and could not be provided without disproportionate cost. Charges of murder have to date been brought in respect of 42 of the 161 deaths resulting from terrorist activity during this period.