HC Deb 21 July 1981 vol 9 cc111-2W
Mr. Peter Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of the number of unsolved murders in each police district in Northern Ireland and the period they have been unsolved.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

Since 1968, the first year for which figures are available, the number of deaths being treated by the police as murder inquiries remaining unsolved is as follows:

number
1968 0
1969 1
1970 9
1971 112
1972 344
1973 154
1974 156

number
1975 183
1976 193
1977 12
1978 15
1979 70
1980 26
1981 11

It is not possible without disproportionate cost to give the required information for each police division.