§ Mr. CarttissTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the security statistics for 1990 are now available, together with details of persons charged with terrorist type offences and convictions for scheduled offences for the year.
§ Dr. MawhinneyYes. Security statistics for 1990 are as follows. Statistics for earlier years can be obtained from the Library.
Statistics on Security (January-December 1990) Part I—Statistics of Terrorist Activity Number Shooting Incidents 396 Explosions 167 Bombs Neutralised 120 Weight of Explosives in Kgs1 5,392 Explosions Neutralised 15,328 Armed Robberies 438 Malicious Fires 333 Amount Stolen £1,728,685 Deaths: Civilian 49 Army/UDR (8 Army/7 UDR) 15 RUC/RUC'R' (7 RUC/5 RUC'R') 12 Injuries: Civilian 478 Army/UDR (190 Army/24 UDR) 214 RUC/RUC'R' (165 RUC/49 RUC'R') 214 1 Estimated weight only.
Part II—statistics of security forces' activity Dwellings searched Army RUC Occupied 673 — Unoccupied 191 — Derelict 195 — 222W
Convictions and sentences for scheduled offences Sentence(January to December 1990) Offence Number convicted 1990 Non-custodial sentence Young offenders centre training schools Less than 5 years 5 years and less than 7 years 7 years and less than 10 years 10 years and less than 15 years 15 years and less than 20 years 20 years and over Detained SOS Life Murder 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Attempted murder 10 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 Aid and abet murder 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Conspiracy to murder 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 Manslaughter 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Common assault 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm 18 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wounding or grevious bodily harm with intent 23 5 4 5 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 Wounding or grevious bodily harm 14 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kidnapping or false imprisonment 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rape 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Arson 16 6 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Army RUC Total 1,059 3,568 Note: Searches of dwellings frequently involve both the Army and RUC and are registered in their respective records. The totals therefore should not be aggregated and are shown separately to avoid an element of double counting.
Finds Number Weapons 223 Ammunition (rounds) 22,452 Explosives (kgs) 1,968
Persons charged with terrorist-type offences Number Murder 18 Attempted murder 62 Firearms offences 115 Explosives offences 22 Theft Act 31 Other 132 Total 380 Part III—convictions and sentences for scheduled offences Notes on the tables:
1. The offence classifications are based on those used by the Crown Court in their annual return.
2. The tables relate to persons convicted at the Belfast Crown Court. This covers all scheduled offences tried on indictment.
3. Some jury trials arc included in cases where the Attorney General certified out of the scheduled mode of trial, ie non-terrorist serious offences.
4. Where a person has been convicted of more than one offence only the most serious or that which received the longest sentence is recorded in the statistics.
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Convictions and sentences for scheduled offences Sentence(January to December 1990) Offence Number convicted 1990 Non-custodial sentence Young offenders centre training schools Less than 5 years 5 years and less than 7 years 7 years and less than 10 years 10 years and less than 15 years 15 years and less than 20 years 20 years and over Detained SOS Life Petrol bomb offences 27 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Threats to damage property 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hijacking 28 19 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robbery 114 45 15 32 12 4 3 3 0 0 0 Burglary 9 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Blackmail 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Membership 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unlawful collection of information 8 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Witholding information 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Contributing towards terrorism 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possession of information useful to terrorists 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Making property available 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Riot 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bomb hoax 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Impeding apprehension 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Conspiring to prevent the course of justice 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Breach of suspended sentence 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carrying firearm with intent 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possession of firearm in suspicious circumstances 12 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possession of firearms with intent 47 12 5 3 8 6 10 3 0 0 0 Possession of prohibited weapon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Causing explosion 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 Possession of explosives with intent 16 2 0 2 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 Total 440 184 51 80 35 24 28 19 4 1 14