§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many punishment beatings have been reported to the RUC in each month since April 1997. [121838]
§ Mr. IngramThe following tables show the recorded number of paramilitary style assaults and shootings by calendar year from January 1997.
Casualties as a result of paramilitary style assaults 1997–2000 Monthly Breakdown Month 1997 1998 1999 20001 Loy Rep Loy Rep Loy Rep Loy Rep January 7 12 5 3 1 12 9 1 February 12 14 7 8 13 5 4 3 March 7 11 6 3 11 2 8 4 April 5 6 6 1 3 4 3 7 May 7 4 8 3 7 1 2 2 June 2 1 8 11 8 6 — — July 8 5 7 7 2 6 — — August 4 4 12 2 10 1 — — September 5 7 9 2 4 2 — — October 6 4 8 4 7 4 — — November 8 7 6 5 2 1 — — December 7 3 7 6 6 — — — Total 78 78 89 55 90 44 26 17 11 January–9 May
Casualties as a result of paramilitary style shootings 1997–2000 Monthly Breakdown Month 1997 1998 1999 20001 Loy Rep Loy Rep Loy Rep Loy Rep January 8 1 5 7 6 5 3 — February 3 — — 4 6 1 4 — March 8 — 1 4 — 4 11 6 April 4 1 3 4 2 2 6 9 May 2 1 4 1 4 4 6 4 June 6 2 4 9 5 5 — — July 2 11 4 1 5 — — — August 5 1 4 1 8 3 — — September 3 1 2 — 4 — — — October 1 1 — 1 — 2 — — November 2 2 4 3 5 — — — December 2 5 3 3 2 — — — Total 46 26 34 38 47 26 30 19 11 January–9 May