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Mr. Wm. Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many acts of violence and riots which can be attributed to the present unrest are known to the police to have taken place in Gt. James St., Londonderry in each year since 1970 and this year to date.
Mr. Mason
The information requested is not held by the security forces in the form required and could be obtained only at excessive cost in police time. The nearest figures readily available to the police are for the total number of acts of violence and street disorders in Londonderry City for the period in question They are as follows:
| 1970 | … | … | 298 |
| 1971 | … | … | 1,133 |
| 1972 | … | … | 1,218 |
| 1973 | … | … | 865 |
| 1974 | … | … | 901 |
| 1975 | … | … | 385 |
| 1976* | … | … | 587 |
| * To 30th September. | |||