§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will state the number of(a) Royal Ulster Constabulary patrols, (b) Regular Army patrols and (c) Ulster Defence Regiment patrols, as a percentage of the total number of patrols carried out by the security forces for each month since November 1985 and (d) Ulster Defence Regiment patrols which were accompanied by the Royal Ulster Constabulary as a percentage of the total number of patrols conducted by the regiment for each month since November 1985.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 20 October 1989]: Information is not regularly collected in the form requested, and could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.