§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were killed as a result of terrorist violence in each Royal Ulster Constabulary division in Northern Ireland in each of the last 36 months; of these, how many were, respectively, civilians, Royal Ulster Constabulary members, Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve members, Regular Army soldiers, Ulster Defence Regiment full-time and Ulster Defence Regiment part-time soldiers and prison officers; and what is the total for each category of the security forces killed while on duty.
§ Mr. Humphrey AtkinsThe information is as follows: 271W
Police Division A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R 1978 April 1 1 1 1 May 1 1 June 7 4 1 2 July 1 1 1 1 1 August 1 1 1 1 1 September 1 2 1 1 1 October 1 2 1 November 3 1 1 1 December 1 1 3 1979 January 2 February 2 2 1 1 March 1 2 April 5 1 4 3 2 May 1 1 1 3 1 June 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 July 1 1 2 1 2 August 1 1 19 2 1 1 September 2 3 1 October 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 November 3 4 1 December 2 2 1 4 1 1980 January 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 February 2 2 1 3 March 1 3 1 April 1 1 1 2 2 1 May 1 1 1 1 June 2 1 1 July 1 1 1 1 August 2 3 2 1 1 1 September 1 1 1 October 2 1 November 2 1 1 1 December 1 3 1 1 1981 January 2 2 2 1 February 1 1 1 1 March 1 1 1 1 Totals 10 40 31 11 10 9 — 60 5 25 16 11 14 3 6 2 Of these 123 were civilians, 15 members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, 19 Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve, six Ulster Defence Regiment full time, 19 Ulster Defence Regiment part-time, 57 Regular Army and 14 prison officers.
It is not possible without disproportionate cost to distinguish between those members of the security forces who were on or off duty.