Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 February 2006. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Thursday, 2 February 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Troubles (Injuries/Deaths)

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) police and military and (b) civilian (i) deaths, (ii) serious injuries related to the troubles have occurred in each (A) ward and (B) constituency in Northern Ireland since 1976, listed in descending order.

Answer: PSNI has advised that it continues to research this material, which must be cross-referenced with Historical Inquiry Team records before final submission.The statistics collated by the PSNI relate to deaths only and, as presented, do not currently differentiate between security forces and civilians. Moreover, they are presented as a Northern Ireland wide total and do not breakdown by District Command Unit (DCU) area. To have to break down by serious injury etc. now would require a manual trawl of records at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 47997; 442 c698W;442 c698W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Constituencies Armed forces Death Civilians Injuries Northern Ireland Police
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk