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Primary Schools

Volume 903: debated on Tuesday 13 January 1976

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a list of the voluntary primary and controlled primary schools situated in Armagh City, Londonderry City, Bangor and Larne, respectively, showing the total pupils enrolled per school in each year between 1970 and 1975, the number of pupils entered for the 11-plus examination and the percentage of passes achieved in each school each year.

The selection procedure results for individual schools are not made public. However, the information in respect of the number of entrants and percentages of qualifiers in each education authority area is as follows:rockets recovered by the security forces since 5th October 1968 to 31st December 1975, with subtotals in each category at the beginning of internment, the suspension of the Stormont Parliament, the first general election of 1974, the beginning of the IRA ceasefire, and 31st December 1975, and the totals for the entire period.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 12th January 1976], gave the following information:Table I shows the number of persons killed and the number of explosions from 5th October 1968 to 31st December 1975, with cumulative subtotals as at the beginning of internment (9th August 1971), the suspension of Stormont Parliament (24th March 1972), the general election of 28th February 1974, and the beginning of the PIRA ceasefire on 10th February 1975.Figures are not readily available in this form for the other items.

TABLE I
Persons Killed
Cumulative figures from 5th October 1968 toRUCRUC 'R'ArmyUDRCiviliansTotalExplosions
9th August 19715115167459
24th March 197221155112022901,566
28th February 1974388207416679613,838
10th February 1975519234468181,1584,410
31st December 19755713246531,0211,3904,717
TABLE II
Recovered in Finds
Cumulative figures from 1st January 1970 toShooting incidents involving Security ForcesExplosives (lb)Ammunition (rounds)ShotgunsRiflesHandguns†
31st July 19712382,65379,85091199260
31st March 19722,6786,262249,647221471570
28th February 197412,90090,344606,4325291,5881,591
31st January 197514,533110,417720,3266341,9672,075
31st December 197515,049121,136792,6547652,1852,481
Recovered in Finds
Cumulative figures from 1st January 1970 toMachine-guns*MortarsRocket LaunchersMortar ShellsRockets
31st July 1971152
31st March 1972551212
28th February 19741542781111934
31st January 19751952971529242
31st December 19752343021529742
* A breakdown of this figure into sub-machine-guns, heavy and medium machine-guns is not available.
† Pistols and revolvers.
TABLE III
PERSONS INJURED AND WOUNDED IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Army and UDRRUC and RUC 'R'CiviliansTotal
1969Not available711Not availableNot available
1970620191245 (from June)Not available
19713903171,8002,507
19725784663,8134,857
19735482911,8122,651
19744832351,6802,398
1975167167*1,919*2,253*
* Provisional figures only. Final figures will be published in the Secretary of State's quarterly statistics on security for October-December 1975.