§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many acts of intimidation have been reported since 1 January and in which cases these acts were against Protestants, and in which cases against Catholics, showing what organisation was responsible, where this is known, and how many people the incidents involved.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 8 May 1986, c. 225]: The information is not available in the form requested, but 450 acts that one thought to have been intimadatory or sectarian in intent have been recorded during the first four months of this year excluding ones directed against members of the security forces. Information is not readily available as to the organisations responsible for these acts. Nor are statistics collated in such a way as to indicate the religious affiliation or the numbers of persons involved.