§ Mr. Beggsasked the Attorney-General what steps are taken to maintain on the list of jurors a record of those who are disqualified by reason of having served a prison sentence.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn Northern Ireland new jury lists are compiled each year by computer selection from the current register of electors. All potential jurors in any particular year are warned by individual notice that it is an offence knowingly to serve on a jury while disqualified. A list of the categories of disqualification is included in the notice. Recipients are required to notify the juries officer if they fall within any of these categories.
Subsequently, when jury summonses are issued, these also carry a clear warning relating to the categories of disqualification. Particulars of individuals disqualified, which are returned to the juries officer, are included in future computer programs so that these individuals are not selected for jury service in subsequent years.
Statistics on security—Part I (yearly figures) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Shooting incidents* 1,756 10,628 5,018 3,206 1,803 1,908 1,081 755 728 Explosions 1,022 1,382 978 685 399 766 366 455 422 Bombs neutralised 493 471 542 428 236 426 169 178 142 Weight of explosives in lbs† Explosions 10,972 47,462 47,472 46,435 13,753 17,596 2,839 5,343 11,181 Neutralised 3,001 19,978 32,450 27,094 11,159 16,252 2,188 5,860.5 4,530 Armed robberies 437 1,931 1,215 1,231 1,201 813 591 442 434 Amount stolen 303,787 790,687 612,015 572,951 572,105 545,497 446,988 232,650 568,359 Malicious fires‡║ — — 587 636 248 453 432 269 315 Deaths Civilian 115 322 171 166 216 245 69 50 51 Army/UDR 48 129 66 35 20 29 29 21 48 RUC/RUC 'R' 11 17 13 15 11 23 14 10 14