HC Deb 08 June 1988 vol 134 cc623-4W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were charged with non-scheduled offences; how many were charged with

Number of convictions1 of members of the security forces where firearms were used
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 21988
Regular Army 7 6 3 3 2 1 3 0 0
Ulster Defence Regiment 4 1 1 3 2 3 11 11 6
Royal Ulster Constabulary and Royal Ulster Constabulary (Reserve) 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 2
TOTALS 14 7 6 6 4 7 17 12 8
1 (i) Convictions cover offences committed both on and off duty.
(ii) Information is not available where a person is discharged or his engagement is terminated before conviction or where he has left the service before committing the offence.
2 Up to 30 April.

scheduled offences; and how many persons were found not guilty of all or some of the offences with which they were charged in each six-month period of 1987.

Mr. Stanley

[holding answer 26 May 1988]: Statistics are not available in the precise form requested. The number of persons tried in the Crown court for scheduled and non-scheduled offences and the number of those people found not guilty of all offences in each half of 1987 were as follows:

First half Second half
Numbers tried
(a) Non-scheduled offences 689 504
(b) Scheduled offences 397 316
Numbers found not guilty of all offences
(a) Non-scheduled offences 47 28
(b) Scheduled offences 18 15