HC Deb 25 January 1996 vol 270 c381W
10. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) violent attacks and (b) murders have been committed by republican terrorist organisations in Northern Ireland in the last year. [9635]

Sir John Wheeler

In the period 15 January to 14 January 1996 there were 225 punishment attacks, of which 144 have been attributed to republican groups. Over the same period there have been 10 terrorist-related deaths, of which eight have been attributed to republican groups.