§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report, a table showing, separately, for the year 1985, the number of incidents involving (a) Army personnel, (b) Royal Ulster Constabulary personnel. and (c) both Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary personnel under the following headings (i) assaults, (ii) cases involving the use of firearms, (iii) traffic offences and (iv) others.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not available in the form requested. The only available information relating to convictions in Northern Ireland of members of the Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary is as follows:
Number of Convictions* Offence Royal Ulster Constabulary Army Assault 5 37 Involving use of firearms 2 11 Traffic 80 338 Other 9 n/a * In some instances an individual was convicted of more than one offence arising out of the same incident.