§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library any guidelines issued to the Royal Ulster Constabulary concerning the release of official photographs for media use.
§ Mr. StanleyI understand that the instructions on the use of official photographs are contained in the RUC code, an internal document for police use only. Any question of releasing these instructions would be a matter for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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Statistics on security Part I—Statistics of terrorist activity Yearly figures: 1971–1987 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Shooting Incidents1 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 lbs2 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 Fires3 4 — — 587 636 248 453 432 269 315 Deaths: Civilian 115 321 171 166 216 245 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 Injuries: Civilian 1,838 3,813 1,812 1,680 2,044 2,162 1,027 548 557 Army/UDR 390 578 548 483 167 264 188 135 153 RUC/RUC 'R' 315 485 291 235 263 303 183 302 165 1 Figures in ( ) refer to shots heard only and not included in the total. 2 Estimated weight only. 3 Consolidated figures not available for earlier years. 4 No figure for April-June 1981.