HL Deb 26 May 1993 vol 546 cc28-31WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list those terrorist incidents in Great Britain since 1971 which have resulted in loss of life indicating in each case the date and location of the offence, the number of lives lost, whether or not there have been convictions of those responsible and which of those convictions were overturned on appeal.

Earl Ferrers

The available information is listed below and refers to terrorist incidents which are connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland or with international terrorism.

Date of terrorist incident Number of people killed as a result of incident Location of incident Number of people convicted of murder as a result of incident1 Date convictions were quashed following referral under 17 of the Criminal Appeals Act 1968
17 July 1974 1 White Tower, Tower of London, London
5 October 1974 5 Horse and Groom Public House, North Street, Guildford 4 Cleared on Appeal 19 October 1989
7 November 1974 2 Kings Arms Public House. Francis Street, Woolwich, London 2 Cleared on Appeal 19 October 1989
11 November 1974 1 GPO Telephone Exchange Salt Lane, Greyfriars, Coventry
18 November 1974 1 Kings Road, London
21 November 1974 21 The Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town Public Houses, Birmingham 6 Cleared on Appeal 14 March 1991
17 December 1974 1 GPO Telephone Exchange, Chenies Street, Tottenham Court Road, London
26 February 1975 1 39 Fairholme Road, London 1
29 August 1975 1 K Shoe Shop Ltd., Kensington, Church Street, London 4
5 September 1975 2 Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London 24
9 October 1975 1 Near Green Park Tube Station, Piccadilly, London 4
23 October 1975 1 Campden Hill Square, London 4
12 November 1975 1 Scotts Restaurant 20/21 Mount Street, London 4
18 November 1975 2 Waltons Restaurant Walton Street, London 4
27 November 1975 1 50 Village Road, Enfield Middlesex 3
15 March 1976 1 London Underground Train 1
27 March 1976 1 Olympia London
10 April 1977 3 London
4 January 1978 3 London
4 February 1978 1 London 1
20 August 1978 1 London 1
30 March 1979 1 Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London
11 April 1980 1 Regents Park Mosque, London 2
25 April 1980 1 Kensington, London
30 April 1980 7 Iranian Embassy, London 21
17 May 1980 1 Queens Garden Hotel, Bayswater, London
10 October 1981 2 Ebury Bridge Road, London 2
26 October 1981 1 Wimpy Bar, Oxford Street, London 2
13 December 1981 2 Connaught Square, London
20 July 1982 4 South Carriage Road, Hyde Park, London
20 July 1982 7 Regents Park, London
17 December 1983 6 Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
3 February 1984 1 Birmingham 2
17 April 1984 1 St. James' Square, London
17 August 1984 1 London
12 October 1984 5 Grand Hotel, Brighton 1
29 November 1985 1 London
23 January 1986 1 London 1
19 August 1986 1 Kensington, London
22 July 1987 1 Chelsea, London
2 October 1987 2 Wembley, London
11 November 1987 3 Southall, Middlesex 2
20 January 1988 2 London
1 August 1988 1 Inglis Barracks, London
21 December 1988 270 Lockerbie, Scotland
3 August 1989 1 Beverley Hotel, London
22 September 1989 11 North Barracks, Royal Marines School of Music, Deal, Kent
16 May 1990 1 Army Recruiting Centre, Wembley, Middlesex
1 June 1990 1 Lichfield Railway Station, Staffordshire
30 July 1990 1 The Dog House, Hankham, Nr. Pevensey, East Sussex

Dale of terrorist incident Number of people killed as a result of incident Location of incident Number of people convicted of murder as a result of incident1 Date convictions were quashed following referral under 17 of the Criminal Appeals Act 1968
18 February 1991 1 Victoria Station, London
15 November 1991 2 Old Barclays Bank, St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire
10 April 1992 3 St Mary's Axe, City of London
15 April 1992 1 Army Careers Information Office, Derby
8 June 1992 1 A64 Leeds-York, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire 1
12 October 1992 1 Sussex Arms Public House, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London
20 March 1993 2 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire
24 April 1993 1 Bishopsgate, City of London
1 Those convicted of offences in respect of more than one incident are recorded separately against each incident.
2 Convicted of manslaughter.