HC Deb 02 July 1981 vol 7 c476W
Mr. Wm. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his statement of 11 June, Official Report, c. 555, how many shots were fired by the Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary during the escape of eight prisoners from Her Majesty's prison, Crumlin Road, Belfast on 10 June; and how many of these hit the vehicles in which the prisoners escaped.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

The Army fired four shots and the Royal Ulster Constabulary 14. Four strike marks were found on one of the vehicles recovered.