Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of alleged intimidation have been brought to the attention of the Royal Ulster Constabulary since 1973 in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Londonderry City, specifying if possible the number in each year.
§ Mr. Mason,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th June 1978], gave the following information:
Records relating to cases of alleged intimidation are maintained by the RUC
526WThe Department of the Northern Ireland Civil Service does not maintain a record of the unregistered physically disabled. However, the following table shows the total numbers at January 1978 of (a) registered disabled persons and (b) persons currently employed in the NICS who were previously registered disabled but who have not chosen to reregister at the present time. I regret that information about the grades of disabled persons in each Department is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
on a divisional basis. The number of such cases reported in each year since 1973 in Northern Ireland as a whole and in police division "N", which includes Londonderry City, were as follows:
Northern Ireland "N" Division 1973 3,096 193 1974 2,453 225 1975 1,483 68 1976 1,216 77 1977 3,039 133
Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been charged with intimidation in Northern Ireland since 1973; and in how many of these cases intimidation was the sole charge.
§ Mr. Mason,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th June 1978], gave the following information:
The information readily available on intimidation charges relates to the number of prosecutions directed. Since 1973 the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed 204 prosecutions under Section 1 of the Protection of Persons and Property Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, involving 407 people. In 47 of these 527W cases, involving 76 people, intimidation was the sole charge.