HC Deb 16 March 1993 vol 221 cc166-8W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the occupations, by census classification or other categorisation, of each person killed in Great Britain in violence related to the security situation in Northern Ireland since 1969.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The available information, which may not be completely accurate, is:

  • 1 Cancer research specialist
  • 3 Children
  • 3 Cleaners
  • 1 Car worker
  • 1 Club manager
  • 3 Company directors
  • 1 Company manager
  • 1 Courier
  • 1 Door attendant
  • 2 Electricians
  • 1 Gardener
  • 6 Housewives
  • 2 Journalists
  • 2 Labourers
  • 1 Librarian
  • 1 Maintenance worker
  • 1 Management consultant
  • 3 Members of Parliament
  • 1 Office worker
  • 2 Pipe fitters
  • 1 Plasterer
  • 5 Police officers
  • 1 Postman
  • 1 Psychiatric nurse
  • 1 Punch-card operator
  • 1 Quantity surveyor
  • 1 Railway guard
  • 1 Restaurateur
  • 1 Sales clerk
  • 1 Securities dealer
  • 44 Service personnel
  • 1 Shop assistant
  • 1 Shop manager
  • 1 Stockbroker
  • 1 Stock controller
  • 1 Store supervisor
  • 2 Students
  • 1 Telephonist
  • 1 Tube driver
  • 1 Typist
  • 2 Unemployed
  • 3 Unknown
  • 1 Wages clerk
  • 2 Waiters/Waitresses
  • 2 Welders

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what has been the average length of sentence imposed on persons convicted for Northern Ireland-related offences in Great Britain in each year since 1969;

(2) what has been the average length of sentence imposed by the courts since 1973 on a terrorist convicted of Northern Ireland terrorist-related activities, excluding homicide, in England and Wales;

(3) what has been the average length of sentence imposed by the courts since 1973 on a terrorist convicted of Northern Ireland terrorist-related activities, excluding homicide, in Scotland.

Mr. Jack

The available statistics are contained in Home Office statistical bulletin "Statistics on the Operation of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974 and 1976—29 November 1974 to 26 March 1984"—tables 4 and 5, issue number 10/84, and "Statistics on the Operation of Prevention of Terrorism Legislation—1992"—tables 5 and 6, issue number 5/93, copies of which are in the Library.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average length of sentence imposed by the courts since 1970 on a terrorist convicted of a Northern Ireland-related homicide in England and Wales.

Mr. Jack

All 10 suspects who have been convicted of a Northern Ireland-related homicide in England and Wales since 1970 were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the occupations, by census classification or other categorisation, of each person killed on the European mainland in violence related to the security situation in Northern Ireland since 1969.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The available information, which may not be completely accurate, is:

  • 1 Child
  • 1 Diplomat
  • 1 Driver
  • 1 Housewife
  • 8 Service personnel
  • 6 unknown