§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions civilians have been wounded by (a) the Royal Ulster Constabulary and (b) the armed forces, respectively, in Northern Ireland in each of the last 20 years; and on how many occasions such civilians died.
§ Mr. PriorThis information is not readily available in the form requested. However, the following table shows the number of deaths arising from action by the security forces during incidents connected with the security situation in Northern Ireland since August 1969.
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Year Security forces involved Army UDR RUC *1969 2 — 5 1970 5 — — 1971 42 — 1 1972 62 1 3 1973 26 2 3 1974 13 — —
Year Security forces involved Army UDR RUC 1975 6 — — 1976 12 — 2 1977 7 — — 1978 10 — — 1979 1 — — 1980 4 — 2 1981 11 1 5 1982 4 1 7 * From August.