§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish figures for each month from 4 May 1979 to 4 May 1983 showing the number and type of terrorist incidents which occurred in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the number and type of terrorist incidents which occurred in Northern Ireland between 4 May 1979 and 31 August 1981 and 1 September 1981 and 4 May 1983 or for the nearest equivalent period.
§ Mr. PriorInformation is not readily available in the form requested, but the following relates to approximately equivalent periods.
Incidents 1 July 1979 to 30 June 1981 1 July 1981 to 31 December 1982 Shooting incidents 1,411 796 Explosions 674 389 Bombs neutralised 258 174 Armed robberies 881 911 Malicious fires Not available 974 Deaths Civilian 108 87 Army/UDR 63 36 RUC/RUC 'R' 25 21 Injuries Civilian 1,420 753 Army/UDR 243 169 RUC/RUC 'R' 486 223