§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many baton rounds were fired by (a) the police and (b) the Army in Northern Ireland in each month since 1 January 1981 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. John PattenThe details are as follows:
RUC Army Total 1981 January not available not available 68 February not available not available 48 March 133 187 320 April 1,231 728 1,959 May 10,883 5,773 16,656 June 358 248 606 July 4,666 1,516 6,182 August 2,346 1,409 3,755 September 9 31 40 October 1 23 24 November 5 29 34 December 1 2 3 1982 January 4 3 7 February 3 20 23 March 29 11 40 April 18 12 30 May 12 18 30 June 0 3 3 July 0 12 12 August 259 77 336 September 4 0 4 October 5 8 13 November 1 1 2