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Mr. Wm. Ross
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many punishment shootings have taken place in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years, and the current year to date.
Mr. Humphrey Atkins
[pursuant to his reply, 12 November 1979]: The number of punishment shootings confirmed by police investigations during the years in question are as follows:
| 1975 | 189 |
| 1976 | 98 |
| 1977 | 126 |
| 1978 | 67 |
| 1979 (to 31 October) | 57 |