HC Deb 03 March 1993 vol 220 cc192-3W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table of(a) the number of murders committed, (b) the number of persons charged with murder and (c) the number of persons convicted of murder in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years and the current year; and for each of those years how many of the persons (i) charged and (ii) convicted actually operated the means of committing the murder.

Mr. Mates

The available information is as follows:

Information in respect of (i) and (ii) as to the extent of each individual's involvement in the murder is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.