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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many patrols were carried out by each battalion stationed in Northern Ireland in the last month for which figures are available, broken down by police district and approximate district council constituencies. [101868] Mr. Spellar: The number of patrols that were carried out by each battalion stationed in Northern Ireland in November 1999, broken down by each police district and approximate district council constituencies are set out in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Battalion Police division Approximate district council Number of patrols boundaries 3 Infantry Brigade Armagh Roulement Battalion H Armagh, Newry and Mourne 247 East Tyrone Roulement Battalion K Cookstown, Dungannon 160 Ballykinler Battalion G Down, Ards, Newry and Mourne 12 3{rd} Battalion, The Royal Irish J Craigavon, Lisburn, Banbridge 185 Regiment 8{th} Battalion, The Royal Irish H Armagh 228 Regiment 8 Infantry Brigade Ballykelly Battalion N Limavady, Strabane 12 Londonderry Battalion N Londonderry, Strabane 0 Omagh Battalion L Omagh, Dungannon, Fermanagh 104 4{th} Battalion, The Royal Irish L Fermanagh 305 Regiment 5{th} Royal Irish Regiment O Magherafelt, Limavady, 11 Coleraine, Moyle, Larne, Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney 39 Infantry Brigade Belfast Roulement Battalion B Belfast 0 Holywood Battalion D North Down, Carrickfergus, 0 Newtownabbey 7{th} Royal Irish Regiment A and E Belfast, North Down, 0 Castlereagh 9{th} Royal Irish Regiment D and B Lisburn, Antrim 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A patrol is defined as any foot or mobile patrol in support of the RUC regardless of size or duration. Patrols conducted by the Army for local security around bases are not included. Some battalions operate in more than one Police Division. Police Divisions are not coterminous with District Council boundaries. These delineations are therefore only approximate and in some cases a Council area may be covered by more than one Battalion, e.g. Lisburn.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

341 c216-8W;341 c216-7W; 101868

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Army Deployment Northern Ireland

Contains statistics

Yes