HC Deb 27 April 1981 vol 3 c328W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were murdered by terrorists in the two years before 1 May 1979 and in the two years following.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

The number of deaths in the case of which murder by terrorists has been established or is suspected is as follows:

1 May 1977–30 April 1978 81
1 May 1978–30 April 1979 62
1 May 1979–30 April 1980 115
1 May 1980–17 April 1981 51