§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the years 1983 and 1984 the following details: (a) the number of vehicles hijacked or taken and (b) the number not recovered at the end of each year, in each of the following police districts, separately: Musgrave street, 106W Springfield road, Tennent street, North Queen street, Mountpottinger, Castlereagh, Newtownards, Newry, Portadown, Armagh, Enniskillen, Omagh, Strand road, Coleraine, Ballymena and Antrim.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 8 February 1985, c. 714]: The available information is as follows:
Vehicles Taken or Hijacked by RUC Divisions Division Divisional headquarters Vehicles taken or hijacked Vehicles not recovered 1 January—30 September 1983 A Musgrave street 969 55 B Springfield road 950 54 C Tennent street 370 25 D North Queen street 409 49 E Mountpottinger 159 22 F Castlereagh 641 53 G Newtownards 234 37 H Newry 213 53 J Portadown 139 26 K Armagh 38 8 L Enniskillen 12 6 M Omagh 24 5 N Strand road 99 8 O Coleraine 40 3 P Ballymena 92 15 R Antrim 358 30 Totals 4,747 449 1 October—31 December 1983* A Musgrave street 559 66 B Springfield road 355 30 D North Queen street 362 43 E Strandtown 94 14 G Newtownards 37 11 H Armagh 80 21 J Portadown 145 21 K Cookstown 13 3 L Enniskillen 5 0 N Strand road 40 4 O Coleraine 20 3 P Ballymena 39 7 Totals 1,749 223 1984 A Musgrave street 1,890 180 B Springfield road 1,370 108 D North Queen street 1,540 125 E Strandtown 558 56 G Newtownards 187 25 H Armagh 236 57 J Portadown 554 84 K Cookstown 69 5 L Enniskillen 30 6 N Strand road 164 14 O Coleraine 78 9 P Ballymena 229 34 Totals 6,905 703 Note: * On 1 October 1983, the number of RUC divisions was reduced from 16 to 12 and divisional boundaries were reorganised. As a result there were no longer divisions with headquarters at Tennent street, Castlereagh, Omagh or Antrim.